Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-21
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
Answers to Correspondents.
NO, XII.

ties in East Tennessee, as the same shall
be furnished by our friends. We give be-
low letter from Fentress county which is
pointed, concise and fall of interest. The
writer is from the North, has lived in the
county two or three years, is man of in
| telligence, and one in whose statements
| we place confidence. We give the letter
just as received:
JAMESTOWN, FsKTRRss Co.,
February rs, 1871.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: You ask for con-
tributions to your paper in relation to the
| different parts of East Tennessee. This
county is in East Tennessee. We think it
the best county in the State, all things
considered, for immigrants. We have the
best watered county i'm the State, in
springs, creeks and rivers. We have two
rivesr-O Obea and Wolf-navigable for fiat
boats of large size from within seven miles
of the center, or county seat. Then we
have several creeks that have their source
/ in innumerable springs of the finest soft
water, that are distributed over the county
so that every farm has its spring of never
| failing water. There are many sulphur
and chalybeate springs of the best quality.
The creeks formed from these springs fur
nish the finest water-powers, from five to
seventy-fve horse power. Some of these
| mill sites are improved, Gndifferently,)
others are being improved, and there is an
increasing demand for further improve
ments.
The timber is of the very best in quality
and quantity. On the mountain, there is
ent kinds, white and yellow pine, hickory,
maple, some poplar, white woody On
the mountain sides there are the finest
eedars, in quality and quantity, sufficient
to supply extensive pail (bucket) factories
! for years. In the valleys there are the
| finest black and white walnuts, cherry
and sugar tree, (hard and soft maple.)
About one-third of the county is on the
mountain. The valley of the South Fork
of the Cumberland on the east, the valley
of the Wolf river ON the north and the
valley of the Obea on the west. James
town, the county seat, is on the mountain,
about equal distances from these valleys.
The plateau of the mountain is about 500
feet above the level of the surrounding
valleys; is Of triangular form, about 25
miles on each angle; is somewhat rolling
on account of the creeks.
On the borders of the creeks there are
level bottom lands from ten to eighty rods
wide. These bottom lands are from ten to
forty feet lower than the surrounding
lands; are as rich and productive of grass
as any lands. The uplands produce red
top and clover, when well handled. uast
season cut from upland, estimated, three
tons of clover and timothy hay per acre.
The land had been cultivated for fifteen
years without manuring, having been a
garden.) The uplands, although not rich,
produce well when manured, it being a
strong clay subsoil. These lands have
been occupied by hunters, not workers
There is not one acre of the bottom land to |
the hundred in cultivation; this is why |
the lands are SO low priced.
There is no place that have found that |
is so well calculated for raising fruit. This |
region Is not surpassed for raising vege- |
tables of all kinds. Stone coal is in abun- |
dance. The scenery is equal to any in the |
Union. Health grows here spontaneous. |
Doctors cannot live by their profession. |
The whole moutain would not support one.
We need workers-carpenters, wagonma- |
kers, shoemakers, stone masons, black |
smiths, saddlers, millwrights in fact all |
kinds of mechanics, would find work here |
Lands rate from so cents to So per acre, |
some improved.
l send you a weather table, kept by A. |
Lincoln Brier:
From December 25th, the mean temper
ature at sunrise was 28o above zero. For |
January, at same hour, the mean tempera-
ture was $50 above, and for February, 40e. |
B. L.. BRIER.
Mr.. William Hacking, from Portland,
Conn.,, wants to know about free-stone
quarry, and the wages of stone masons.
We have good stone quarries near the city
both marble and free-stone. A quarry of
the latter is now being opened for build
ings to be erected in Knoxville. It is
fine, easy working stone, on the Knoxville
and Kentucky Railroad, and in large
quantities. Stone masons are earning
from two to three and half dollars per
day, and are in demand. The Govern
ment is erecting large Custom House in
this city, and good masons can find ready
work, as we learn from the Superintend-
ent, at the above wages. We would like
to see Mr.. Hacking here.
Mr. Russell w. Ayres, from Waterbury.
Conn.,, writes to know of our climate. We
have forwarded him our articles ON eli
mate, which will show him that what he
has heard of it is not an exaggeration.
He wants to know if we have lands with
in five miles of Knoxville for sale at s25
per acre. We answer yes. There are also
some Jsfe farms within ten and twenty
miles for sale at that price per acre, near
a railroad station. and we do not doubt but
that Mr.. Ayres can be suited. He asks
about Northern immigration. We have
a large Northern population in Knoxville
and Knox county. There are over three
thousand northerDers in Knoxville alone.
There are others coming into East Tennas-