Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-05-06
From the Dixie Farmer.
Lincoln County-Its Nat
ural Resources, I'm
provements, Etc.
By A TRAVELLER.

l DA a NAV E1&AL<Rs
We invite special attention te
the following detailed account of
Lincoln county. We doubt if SC
good description of the county
has ever been written. Traveller
is a gentleman of judgment, OBJ
servation and skill, a competent
judge to report upon all the top
les that he touches. We hope
to have from the same pen, SINH
lar accounts of other counties,
with now and then a sketch of
some of the best farms:
Mr.. EDITOR: Sometime since /
promised to- give you a few jot-
tingS as | passed along. AS Ihave
now become somewhat familiar
with large portion of Lincoln
county, I will take it as a sub
ject. It is bounded north by
MARSHALL and Bedford, east by
Franklin, south by Alabama,
west by Giles, and has q popula-
ton of about 25, 600, of all colors.
It's county seat is Fayetteville,
population 1000, about fifteen
business houses, all doing a -four.
ishing business.
BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURES.
Generally rolling, are broken
into low hills or ridges, from 150
to 800 feet in height, and cut from
east to west running southwest
erly) through the center, by a
narrow, deep and beautiful wind
ing stream, called Elk river. It's
tributaries Gin this county, Lost,
Mulberry, Norris, Cane and Swan
Greeks, coming in on the north
side, have their sources in what is
generally known as Elk Ridge,
(which divides the waters of Elk
and Duck rivers) and are from
fifteen TO thirty miles in length,
meandering through a rich clay
soil, having low banks, along
which are scattered some of the
finest farms in Middle Tennessee.
In fact all of the lands lying north
Of the Elk, above described, aver
ages with the best soils of Tennes-
see. The streams with one ex-
'ception) coming in on the south
side, are short, falling abruptly
from the high plateau, called the
barrens, to the edge of the alluyi-
al basins, that occasionally form
the south bank of the Elk.
FORESTS
Consist Of the following varie-
ties. Yellow and White Poplar,
Sugar, Beech, White, Chinquapin,
Post and Black Oaks, Walnut,
Hickory, and Linn, on the good
lands, while the barrens are GOV.
cred with Blackjack, Post, Pin,
White and Black Oaks, with
some Chestnut Oak, Chestnut,
Cedar and Yellow Pine.
TURNPIKES.
The Turnpike leading from
Fayetteville to Shelbyville, lies up
Norris Creek, and is about twen-
ty-five miles in length, has never
been thoroughly repaired since
The late war, but could soon be put
in good condition at a trifing ex-
pense. The Turnpike leading
from Fayetteville, via Mulberry
to Lynchburg, crosses Norris
Greek a short distance from its
mouth, and after passing o low
ridge, passes into one of the most
beautiful valleys in Middle Ten
nessee, (the Mulberry every
where dotted with comfortable
residences and well cultivated
farms. After crossingthe west fork
of Mulberry, near Mulberry Post
Office, it stretches away up the
east fork to the village of Lynch
burg, near the northeast corner
of the county. There is also a
Turnpike leading from Petersburg
to Shelbyville, however, only a
few miles of which is in Lincoln
county. This pike is in fair condi-
ton, and is one of the main out
let's for the northern half Of the
county, Petersburg being near the
heart of Cane Creek.
COMMON ROADS.
OF these, but little can be said,
except that they are passable du.