Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-05
OBION COUNTY.

The Rich and Productive Soil of the
Ceunty-RaiIroad and Water Gem.
munIeafIon-1nduce 10 Imml-
grants.
! To tho Editors of tie Union and American.
Troy, TENN, Dec. 80, 1861 have
two objects in view in addressing You this
letter: First, by your permission, 10 in
form the public, through the columns Of
your paper, that there are thousands Of
acres of rich land 10 our county, (Obiop,
lying idle for the want of laborers to oulti-
vate tLem and, second, to ask those seek
ing homes in the South and Yves. TO visit
our county b,fJre purchasing homes else
where, at double the amount they could
buy al here.
Obion ia the extreme north western
county in the State, bounded north by the
Kentucky line, and West by the Missis-
sippi river, and By geological survey,
made in compliance with act of the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State 10 1853 or 1885,
is declared the richest county in the State,
save one, in point Of soil. Yet, owing to
the modesty Of our citizens, it is not known
outside the State, that Troy is the county
seat of large territory, possessing more
wealth in soil, than several States of this
Union. And, notwithstanding come as
sertions to the contrary, set on foo by de-
signing men, the citizsns are as qHiet and
law abiding, az orderly and temperate as
in any county north of Mason and Dixon's
line, the fact of which was fully demon
strated in the late Presidential election,
which passed off as quietly as a Sabbath
day.
Obion, besides being washed over forty
miles by the Mississippi river, has already
Two railroads within her limits Mo-
bile and Ohio, which runs from five to
seven miles west Of her east boundary,
passing from north to south nearly the
full breadth of the county, and the Nash
vile and Northwestern, which runs from
four to five miles south of the north bOun
Diary, passing nearly the whole lergh Of
the county. But neither Of these passes
sufficiently near the center of the county
TO afford shipping facilities for the interior
producer, or TO give passengers thereon an
adequate idea of the richness Of our lands
or the undeveloped resources of our county.
The people are thoroughly aroused to the
fact that we need another railroad, ard
that that road is the Mississippi River
Railway, aud have been, and are now, sub
s-ribing literally to its construction. There
has already been sufficient stock taken by
subscription to build the road through the
county. The bed of this road will, per-
haps, be put under contract by the An of
January from Paducah Junction, on the
Nashville and Northwestern railroad, to
Troy, crossing the Mobile and Ohio
at Troy Station aud We hope and
confidently believe the cas- will be
running TO Troy by the lst Of Sep
TENDER next. fhis road, when con-
strucled, will pass near The center Of the
county, and. along the line ofwhich, for miles
on either side, the lands are Cqn1l TO the
prairie lands of Mississippi; and upon which
| the finest timber 10 the world grows
whiteoak, from two to FIVE feet 10 diane
ter, yellow and white poplar, from one TO
six feet in diameter, and from thirty to
eighty feet high, without knot or limb.
/ have Travelled over almost every coun-
~ in the State, and in most Of the South
ern States, and will venture the asser-
ton that there is not II county south Of the
Oaio river, which will produce, under the
| same cultivation, 3 greater yield Of grain
Of every description; besides cotton, tObac-
CO, potatoes, peaches, and the fruits Of the
vine grow in abundance, and to great per-
| lection. Some Of our farmers have "a
allied from four to five hundred dollars
from few acres of apple trees; from fifty
to one hundred and thirty dollars from
melons grown upon an acre or two Of Land.
Grasses of every description grow luxuri-
antly and with scarcely any attention. In
short, know of no county in this, or any
other State, which pays the farmer great
er profit for his labor than the soil oiObion
| know of no county which offers more in
ducements TO those seeking homes with
large or small capital. Machinists
with or without capital, could do
we'll here; mechanics and stock raisers
Owners Of large bodies Of land are Offer
ing them cheap, and an enterprising calf
vator of the soil can realize three fold 10 {
few years.
In our county town, Troy, two or tire
more blscksmiths, shoe and boot makers,
cabinet workman, painter, a jewele all
or any of them, could find profitable lOca
ton. The town is now rapidly growing
and lrW grow more rapidly as the compile
ton of the Mississippi River railroad near
I. A SUBSCRIBER.