Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-06-18
OREGON. HoIr Co, Mo-, june s.

SIR-I have often thougnt OF WriJinB
you few lines from this seemingly
"out-of-the-way corner Of the universe"
However much we may appear to be
| inconveniently situated as to the ma
! jority of the American world, by close
investigation you will find us not far |
removed from the geographical center
Of the United States.
Although as yet, Northwest Missouri
has claimed but small share of the pub
lie attention, she Is destined at no dis
tant day to rank as second to none in all
that contributes to distinguish an edu-
Gated and civilized people from the un-
couth and barbarous savages who 30
lately roamed at pleasure over her broad
and fertile prairies. Never did Bayard
Taylor speak with more truth than
when he declared that the world could
not produce better' country than that
included within Circle OF hundred
,, miles around St. Joseph, Missouri.
1t has long been admitted by those
conversant with tho great West that
: Northwest Missouri is the "Eden of the
West"--the garden Of the. world, so to
f speak, in all the natural advantages Of
climate, soil and productions.
4 Formerly the Western boundary of the
a State was line running west from Kan
> sas City to the Iowali BY act of Con-
@ eress of June 9TH, 1886, the Western
: boundary was extended to the Missouri
river to take effect when the Indian title
i should be extinguished and the State
It should assent to the provisions of the
Tn ian 10 nyt 4 al N q "A
by q treaty with the Ioway, Sacs, and
Texas concluded at Fort Leavenworth,
:, September llth, 1886, and ratified Feb
!: ruary 18th, 1887. The State of Missouri
assented to the several provisions of the
81 said act of Congress, by an act of the
n, General Assembly approved December
n a, BY By the treaty of 1885 and 1887, that
H. beautiful and fertile portion OF the State
IS: called the "Platte Purchase" was ac-
a. a. quiled, which is now included in the
n. counties of Platte, Buchanan, Andrew,
Nodaway, Holt, and Atchison, and we
We We assert without fear of successful contra
or diction that no other six counties in a
mt body in the State or even IN the United
States, can excel them in their adapt;
ability to Agricultural and horticultural
. pursuits But OF the County of Holt
we wish more particularly to speak
Holt County lies on the Eastern bank o.
- the Missouri river and has but one Coun
: ty (Atchison) intervening on the NORTH
between it,lnd the State of Iowa. 1t i:
bounded OH the West by the Nodawa.
river, which separates IL from odaway
and Andrew counties. Oregon, th.
lp- County seat--a pleasant town of abou
one thousand inhabitants-is situated il
On the Southern part OF the County tw,
O miles aud Il half East OF the Missouri
- river and twenty live miles Northwes
b of st. Joseph.
The surface of the country is varied
the Southern part being considerabl
broken; the Northern part high roilin
prairie and the Western part large an
extensive river bottoms. One-fourth c
the whole County is timber situate
n. mostly on the South and West, con-
prising cotton wood, black walnut, blac
oak, burr oak, spotted oak, elm, hickory
coffee bean, paw paw, sumach ana maze
Considerable timber also along the Nod
away, and the minor stream through
- out the county. Among the minor stream
may be mentioned the Big farkic, Littl
o Tarkic, Hickory Greek Kinsey Creek
red Davis Creek and SquaY Creek.
There are also numerous groves (sc
called here) of timber in different part
ND of the County, viz: Nichols Grove
Top Sharps' Grove, Irish Grove, Kings Grov
and Burr oak Grove, the former
=, wide and about eight miles long, and c
good quality of timber. These grove
are so equally distributed over the Cour
~ ty that it seems almost as If they wei
purposely arranged for mans accommt
AN dation, affording aa abundant supply {
good fire wood and suitable timber fc
ed building purposes. They are surroul
a ded by the most fertile prairies, higl
rolling and dry, not so broken as to b
called hilly and rough, nor yet so To-
and wet rs to be Unhealthy. Our Count
|, affords suitable lan1i abundance for n
tastes those wishing level lands ca
find the choicest ami best on the Mi
souri, and NodawayI bottoms; those d
HE string "hills rockrilped and ancient +;
son, the sun" and ales stretching i'll pensiN
ave uuietness between,' can be accomm
will dated In the Bluffs, which are similar
nes, the greater portion VI Belmont County
and those who are anXlohs 10 get upon tl
high rolling prairids where they ca
snuff the pure breeh of heaven and el
- Joy that unrestrained liberty which the
grandeur inspires, can here have prese
ted to them boundless field of freedom
NY and those who are afraid Ito come o,
able of the woods" into the pure air and SUI
pril light of heaven can here eteetual
,yiII 0ng screen themselves beneath the SHADOW
rite of the gigantic cotton woods, walnu
and oaks that grow in our rich alluvi
soil.
10. For farming purposes Holt Coun
- cannot be excited AT this writil
,E much OF the corn is from ten TO twel
- inches high; potatoes in bloom, al
r other vegetation at similar stage of
NJ vancement The small grains do We
rails. we'll and hemp was extensively rails
ated with great success before the war, b
I iee,l ten few have since eturned their attention
pres,, it. Fruits of sll kinds flourish uncoi
sent. monty we'll. Last year we had an aou
nee nee dant crop of apples, peaches and pea
= and from the present indications W
80 again be favored with large crop IL
year. aF 1914
The pear here has absolutely noenem
~ Very many aIe turning their attenti'
,, ID, exclusively I'd fruit culture; as an I'M
u, cation of ourprogress would state I'll
A one man whj lives three miles Northei
" of Oregon h9s this spring set out o
LOST hundred actes of land in apples a.
.aJ pears alone.I Two others adjoining toy
IS ssets; SSs have set outabout twenty acres eae
1000 besides maIjy Others who have gone II
sn0on e lo.a axfaEoiuaIxy lVa aYsO Keen