The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-07-13
Private letter to the Editor.1
Huntington, its SURROUNDING and
prospects, AZ Viewed by IA Traveller.
CONCORD, July 4lh, 1872.


NoNCoiN'f July tlh, lot2.
Ny DEAR Cor:
aw not engaged today speechifying
Tor the frst time in many years The 4th,
II. occupied the Court House at Mavs.
N'illc, before a crowded house of our old
friends to-day, am confined at home and
propose o celebrate the national anniver-
's'ry, 10y renewing what | Commenced more
'than twenty years ago, 10 wit: CORES
Ppndence with Cor. PIKE in his new home,
aud take for my subject, voluntarily, Hunt
'ngton rs it is and is to be
What makes me so familiar with my
subject is, | am native of the Kanawha
and roamed over her hills and wandered
N her delightful valleys in III. boyhood :;
Yes, Charleston, the city OF Flowery
Zones. is my birth place. From child
siood Eastern Kentucky became my hunt
ing ground, As well IA my political battle
Aclds, and in my campaigns the flag horne
l'y YOU, Col WAS the ensign and banner OF
Judge French, Gov Powell, John C..
Mason, Col. Throop and others, all gone
ON before Us. This not only made me
familiar with the geography and meander-
ing streams Of Kentucky. but accom-
panied our friend General Dick Apperson, ,
IN his Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad
schemes through this section, aud was
with him in Wall street to seek all from
the money kings to develop the unknown
treasures in the depths OF our Kentucky
hills. This did not com plete my edu-
oa'lon Of this comparative unknown
region, for under the auspices OF our late
mutual friend, Gov. l.. w. Powell, | fol.
lowed the State Geological, Professor Rob.
rrt Dale Owen, now deceased, together
with my voyages up sandy River feel
qualified, from experience, to speak and
write Of the geographical, mlnerslueical
and agricultural wealth nninproyei, that
now surrounds the city OF Huntington.
The manifold resources Of Wet virgin
:" are nov published to the country, aud
.'ir heuehts the city is to derive from
;heoe natural advantage, are made famil-
iAr through the ARGU. aud other channels
But the uutOld and inrIhsustihls wealth
that lies in the territory opened aud pen
rtrated Ly the Lexington aud Big Sandy
Railroad, that terminates at lluntin ,ton.
isioo vast aud boup.iless 10 he comOre-
hei,ded in this letter. Suific, il 70 "a,
"'th my own observation, and 10 the opin
ion Of Prohcs-Or Oven anil o'her dis.in.
snlshed geologists j. to be relied upon.
Rastern kentucky J'o.sesse. the mos, val
liable aud varied wealth Of any other State
Or territory in the Union.
Well do remember Col, While on nv
return from the lar West, some year. aro.
and meeting Won in 81 Louis, and in the
Iine We Spent together gave il ~ my
opinion, then, that the western territoris-
did not present the induce mems to the
miner mechanic and agrcul,ur-t tha,
West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky did
The truth of my convictions are being vsri
he'l nd l're repeat that Il half the en-
crey and capital WAS used TO develop the
country adjacent to Huntington, that sav
expended in the north west. her CONNER
c'"l Importance would rival any city in the
Ssst IN n lev Years
\ manufacturing centrs il nseied and
~fil be Psrmanantly established by tho
Sorce Of Circumstances and progressive en-.
'rprise, so'OeWhers in the Ohio valley
and a. the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
Fo,d Nill OPsa . ssV 0sniral svsaue b th.