The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-03-26
MORRIS COUNTY.
Water COurseS-Tim ber-COuncil
GrOVe-Its advantages as a
Trading POint-SchOOls,
Etc, Etc.

area OF I2O square miles, laying south OF
Davis, and north of Chase and Marion
counties, traversed through the center
from east to west by that great thor
oughfare, the Santa Fe road.
The county is watered on the east by
the Neosho river with its numerous
tributaries, and OH the west by Clarke's
and Diamond creeks.
All these streams are skirted with
timber and bottom land, varying in
width from one-half to two miles, with
soil from four to eight feet deep, grow
ing wheat, corn, and all the vegetables
grown in this climate, in the greatest
luXuriance. The upland is rolling. with
more gravel in the soil, which will be
found peculiarly adapted to the growing
of all kinds of fruit.
The Kaw Indian Reservation, contain
ing $4,000 acres, will undoubtedly be
opened for settlement this spring.
Much of it lies on the Neosho bottom
and is very choice lands.
Kansas has established a reputation
as an agricultural State equal to any in
the West, and among the wheat grow
ing sections the Neosho Valley stands
i'll the front rank.
The numerous springs and abundance
of good well water at moderate depths,
and absence of stagnant water, make
Morris county one of the healthiest
counties in the State.
Building material is plenty; for in adj
dition to the timber along the streams
composed of walnut, oak, blackberry,
elm and hickorv-thcre is an abundance
of white limestone in the bluffs, some
of which resembles very nearly the Gel
ebrated magnetism limestone of juno
ton City-so that no settler with ready
hands to work, need be long without a
substantial house and q durable fence.
Council Grove, the county seat of MOr-
ris county, is situated ON the Neosho, at
the crossing of the Santa Fe road, and
is one oftlre oldest towns in the State. 1t
was here the trains, in the early history OF
the Santa Fe trade, used to assemble and
organize for protection against the In
dians of the Plains. 1t remained the last
Quitting post on the road till the Iron
Horse carried civilization and trade be-
yond as.
1t is now the trading point OF not only
Morris, but portions of Wabaunsee and
Lyon counties.
A good Touring and saw mill here
does an extensive business for the sur
rounding country.
All branches of business are repre-
sented and i'll capacity and neatness our
business houses will compare favorably
with any in the State, outside of Leav-
enworth and Lawrence.
There are three church organizations
in town-two Methodists and one Con-
gregational, some of which hold service
every Sabbath.
One of the Methodist societies has a
fine brick church nearly completed.
While the people of the whole county
show a commendable zeal in the organ :
iZation and support of common schools,
the people of Council Grove have spar
ed neither time nor money i'll building
up theirs. Our graded school building
with its furniture cost over $4,000, and
now has a school in operation of high
order. Besides this, there are two
schools of lower grade, to which all
the comforts and cOnveniences ofmodern
improvements are furnished, and daily
the school bell awakens pleasant recol-
lections of other days and other scenes.
Council Grove is connected to juno
ton city and Emporia by daily mails,
and to Burlingame and Cottonwood
Falls by tri-weeklies.
Ere another year we expect that great
civilizer, the Iron Horse, will be here.
The Neosho Valley Railroad from juno
tion City is surveyed and located to this
place, and work has already commenced
near Junction City. This, with the fact
that our farmers are distributing ties
along the line, give assurances that the
road will be pushed through to compile
ton. With this railroad i'm operation
becoming as it will the great Southern
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with roads running to the Northern and
Eastern cities, and by its direct line with
the Middle, Western and Southern
States-we shall have choice of mark
cts very advantageous to the farming
community.
Bag More particular information will
be furnished by addressing III. d. PRES
TON & Co, Land and Insurance Agents,
Council Grove, Kansas.