The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1869-02-16
WEsrroRr, Jackson CorSrr, Mo-,
G.l1 January 25th, 1865.
DIAN SIR l write to You a line of in.

.GNNlN January 18th, 1865 (.
DEAR SIR | write to you line Of in.
quiry concerning your part of the globe
There is number Of persons here at this
time talking strongly OF going To your
part OF the land 10 seek them a home
now shall make q number Of inquiries
about your place aud the country around
about there, and ask YOU to answer 10
the best of your hno wledge: We want
to know what land on the Arkansas is
worth, say for thirty or forty miles be-.
low your place, improved and unimprov.
ed--l mean on the river, what are farms
worth With slight improvements also
ask how much is the general average of
your crops per acre f--I also ask what
farms are worth away from the river a
little distance, say fifteen or twenty miles
and distance of forty or fifty miles down
the riyers ! also wish to know what
houses can be rented for in your town.
We also wish to know what your mail
facilities are to your place. We also,
want to know the price of grains and pro-
visions there Now, is there hotel in
your place, that can be leased for a term
ofycars . Also the price of all kinds OF
of stock-cows, mules, horses, hogs,
sheep, etc. 7 Ifyou don't feel disposed
to answer, can't you hand this to some
land agent or some one who is trading in
land that will give us an answer To all of
our inquiries, and as much more informa-
ton about the country as they deem fit.
Answer by addressing me at Westport,
Jackson County, Missouri
Yours, &c, HENRY c. MoRRrs.
VAN buren,, ARK, Feb. 9TH. 1869
II C. MoRRs, WrsTroRr, Mo
S6' Yours of25th ult is at hand In /
answer to your several inquiries | will
say, that bottom lands on the Arkansas
river (Which are not surpassed for fertil-
ity and variety Of production in any Of
the Western country, from two to five
miles from this city, with improvements,
can be had from ten to twenty dollars per |
acre unimproyed from eight to fifteen |
dollars per acre. Up lands improved |
from six to ten dollars unimproyed from
four to eight dollars. Outside Of this
limit, as far out as you ask, improved |
bottom lands can be had from seven to
fifteen dollars; up lands from three to
eight dollars. In answer to your second |
inquiry, viii say houses can be rented
in this city from ten to twenty dollars
per month. In reference to your inquiry |
about taverns / will say, that we have
one good hotel, with several boarding
houses, and that there are two other good |
houses which can be either leased or pur-
chased AS to our mail facilities we
have daily mail from Saint Louis via
Springfield, Missouri, and Fayetteville, |
Arkansas, and this place to Fort Smith.
We have tri-weekly mail from Little
Rock, Arkansas, via this place to Fort
Smith. These two are stage coach lines |
We have weekly and tri-weekly horse
mails running to every portion of the
country. Also the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad line, which is now under
contract to he built within two years,
runs directly through this place. Our
crops here of corn are about from thirty
to sixty bushels per acre; cotton, from
one to two thousand pounds of seed cot
ton; wheat from ten to twenty bushels
vegetables and fruit of every kind gronw
to perfection, The price of provisions,
etc, are now about as follows; Pork from
six to eight cents corn fifty to sixty
cents per bushel bacon ten to twelve
cents; flour six dollars per hundred
or ten to twelve dollars per barrel. The
farmers are realizing now about twenty
five cents per pound for cotton horses
are worth from seventy five to one hun
dred and fifty dollars per head; mules
about the same cattle (stock) eight to
ten dollars per head mich COWS fifteen
to twenty-five dollars PEI head; sheep
from two to four dollars per head. Our
climate is genial Our products are :;
corn, cotton, wheat. oats hay, apples,
peaches, potatoes, irish and sweet, to-
bacco and the grape.
! will be pleased to give any and all
needful Information at all times have
the sale Of some of the finest lands and
city property in the country, ANY further
information desired will be promptly
given. Respectfully,
b. j. BROWN, ri. Est. Agent.
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