Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-10
HAYWOOD COUNTY.
Historical sketch by an Old Resident
Its Area, Population and Wealth.
Ats Growth and observation-disclosures
Interests-The Place. for Eu-
FOPean Capital.

Ats GrOWth and Future-ManufacturtDg
Interests-The Place. for Eu-
rOPean Capital.
Tue Town OF acknowledgement, Rail-
roads and Manufacturing Industries.
We give below a historical sketch OF Hay
wood county and BrownsvIlle, Tennessee.
written by g. H Buck, OF the Brownsville
Bee, for the West Tennessee Circulating Di-
rectory. We commend it TO our readers for it,
authenticity, as II was gotten up at eOnside-a-
bic expense and labor by one every way capa-
bic. The work from which it is selected lisa
Lew style Of advertising medium, that, after
borough Investigations We md to be not only
cheap but efficient. Messrs. Thompson and
toussea, the representatives of the work, are
- present in our city, laDOring in the interests
Of this company. We heartily indorse the
Young gentlemen and their enterprise:
The nne county Of Haywood lies near the
central portion of West Tennessee, and is
bounded north by the new cOunt OF Crock
et, east by Madison, south by Hardeman and
Fayette, and west by Lauderdale aud Upton.
Il contains an area Of eight hundred square
miles, and a population Of eleven thousand
whites and fourteen thousand blacks.
The county was organized in 1873, and was
named In honor Of John HAYWOOD. one Of the
supreme JudgesOf Tennessee. Its surface il
inOstly level, or gently undulating, presenting
Ia the main a beautiful and inviting prospect
IA soil Is naturally very fertile and easily
u4led, hOugh generally destitute OF sand.
Inc principal streams Of the county are the
forEed Deer and the Hatchle rivers, Streams
mat nOW in a westerly or noFthwesterly diTec-
ton through its entire extent from east 70
west. These streams are large enough to be
nayigated in snail boats. Before the days OF
railroads they were trayersed in small steam
crafts and natbOats, but now the rail and car
have superseded these, and Brownsville Land
tng,o on the haJchle, SIX miles from the county
eat, is resOrted TO, MOTOR freight or passage TO
ne Mississippi, bat for purposes peculiar to
the sportsman.
A.dng thelr streams lie broad bodies OF low /
land called bottoms, that are Of surprising
Hchne Where not brought under uluWa
ton, they are covered with timber of great
variety in kind and great usefulness in quail
~ Among other kinds, We may mention
white oak, hickory, cypress. ash, etc, all use
iul in supplying slaves, wagon material,
lumber. When our noble county shall have |
been developed TO greater degree, these Yast |
brakes of timber, We think must constitute |
no inconsiderable item OF rs wealth.
The climate and sol Of Haywood are ex- |
tremely favorable TO a great and varied indus
Try; While In special crops other ATTITUDES 4
and soils may surpass il, rarely will a region /
be found that win grow at the same time so /
many agricultural products. To instance, we
may state that, though the Red river cOuntry /
Of louisiana, or the 1aZOO Valley Of MisSis-
may grow better cottOu; though Illinois /
TOW better wheat. MISSOURI Der0aDE larger /
Yields OF corn and Kentucky finer grasses and
sock, yet no single one Of these States can
better cotton corn wheat, grasses and
sock than can this county Of Haywood. |
Haywood is, indeed, located on the golden
between the enervattng heats Of more
Drotracted southernsummersan and the Severe1y
winters Of the north. The advan-
ages OF the seasons appear TO be balanced
with a more even hand within her borders |
han within the regions further north or
Here We raise in liberal supply the various
trains that make the bread which perfsheth.
y raise cotton which, through the changeful
ears OF any decade win, perhaps, prove as
-bundant in quantity as that in the strict cot
on country further south, clover and other !
iay crops that would do no violence TO the
AIR fame OF kentucky or Missouri, horses,
nules, hogs, sheep, cows D poultry, thatfor
,eauty, speed, power rapidly OF growth and {
1eld Of useful commodities may well contend /
or the premium IN the greatest fairs Of the I
world, fruits Of almost every kind !
hat flourish IN temperate cLmes, and in such .
and perfection, such early matur- y
" and ease OF cultivation as must make this 7
vast fruit-growing section, when the rail- I
Dads, now in process Of construction, shall {
ave gwen Us, Dy competition. reasonable !
and quick transportation 70 the mar q
Of st. louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Nil 7
-aukee and other large cities Of the North :
nd WeStl vegetables innumerable in variety q
Id perfect in quality; in short, y
-hatever the hand Of man, 10y hon Il
81 toll, can cause TO spring fmmeii- z
or remotely from the bosom OF a gener- v
a. soil in a genial cline. To be added to ~
unsurpassed natural advantage is the 2
-ct that our country is filed with an indus q
and intelligent agricultural population. G,
zen who satnOt down IN despair at the DESC y
OF their homes and the emancipation n
their slaves by the fortunes OF warl But y
len who looked The disasters Of those bloody =
ears in the face, went TO work to rebuild the V
lined habitati0n, to re-inclose the fenceless g
irInf 70 rear their valued stock anew, and to y
establish their prosperity on the s~atisfac- a
ny foundation OF Se~lf-acQuired gains; in g
lort, men whosrealized the truth that there Z
a nanTlnE ABInnfnn gnaaE in the F~FrFFE Of anal / III
gn honest enterprise or labori v
Among such a people as this, possessing a p
.xaole property List OF seventeen million \
5llars, with one railroad completed, two 9TH "
> in actual construction, with mills. foun- 81
and printing offices, with churches and "
innumerable, colleges and academies T
abundance, with various schemes Of i'm
-ovement or in contemplation, with an en-
ghtened and phllanthrOpic public spirit rap n
ly improving upon its own ~efOrts-amOng .
len a people as this, We repeat, do we cor n
ally invite the heart and brain, the money =
nd muscle, Of the Yankee and the foreigner, =
Re men uom D st. CrotN TO san Diego, from z,
le Icy northern coast OF Scandinavia to the 4,
les OF Greece, 20 come and settle, and make n
home, and nelp TO make a great people. y
SKETCH OF BROWNSVILLE. Lii
Brownsville, the site OF Haywood county. q
as laid on as the county site in the year e
II was named in honor Of General Jacob u
'own, the heroic commander Of the Ameri- e
ms IN the hard-fought battles Of Lundys q
me, in which he and Winfield Scott were
tn severely wounded. 81
BROWNSVILLE Is situated on the Memphis and q
lulsVille railroad, nfty-SiX and One-half m
northeast OF Memphis, and one hun h'
"a ana seventeen miles southwest of Nash AZ
lie. II Is a thriving and enterprising city Of n
W thousand inhabitants.
During the late war the business Of Browns a
lie was destroyed, as IL was with other cities OF
nilarly situated. Ihe place itself under Y
INT the trying vieissitudes Of passing from ps
e power Of C~Onfederates into that Of FEEDER ~
> suffering calamides at almost every %
buildings We're burned, property de- IN
owed or removed nrnmNnanN off vanu 4 rFrTan 4 Nv
by the uncertainties and disasters OF those a
dubious times, aud the entire order Of civil ga
d social life Transformed VI
Very naturally, Brownsville. In the summer Ia
d fall OF 1850, presented hardly a yestige OF
7 former self. The few business houses ia
AZ remained were closed and empty, The a
habitants were without means. and. to a FIR
sat extent, without hope. Defeat had over Al
zen their great efforts 70 nevolutionize the be
ernmen Of the southern States. Disasters on
PARALLEL in their lives had crushed their tn
and well-nigh their spirits. They re- pr
ned from the army, OF rom the points OF tel
uge Whlce they had sought during the TO
nm, 70 mediate in despair upon their ruin pr
prospects and POSSESSIONS. Soon, however, VI
elasticity OF an unconquered spirit be- !
ne manifest. Hope began to live anew, Joi
70 revive even under the most dreary shi
ipices. Afew brave spirits counseled resig- wi
Ion and heroic EFFORT Industry put forth ou
strength. The Old store was opened. an
all stocks f~-merchaRdize were obtained. me
ing came apace, the fertile soil onee pic
re turned beneath the plow. The sound Of an
80 az WCAh~HAAlDaN -
IN property which q short time ago was nit
lOstN worthless arOsE in VFiue. a Spirft oil l
pervaded tie populatcn. Hdck apl
cks began % rise on vacant lots Dwellings ID.
ung up population increased schools were ger
old churches were renovated and ant
aired, and new ones OF fairer proportions del
cted, colleges were revived, and the Mas MI
s gaNel began 70 sound again in the halls the
ne benevolent Masons and Odd Fellows. pot
II temperance once more held forth her I'M stel
soned cup, and offered to the adult leep as ing
,et A. the chtld's and aAconscience rs we
e. IN short the impress Of a more pro- VII
influence than that Of old was upon n
ofaln ana within the heart OF the people. un'
~ began 70 inquire II IL were not wise win
Orget the things that were behind and 10 ing
Forward 70 those that were before. They an
ulred into the necessities Of their times NOV
We manner OF supplying them. They brl
ed for new light on the thousands OF TOPICS and
{ interest humanity. on agriculture. ma- our
nisn1, transportation educa- due
/, morals and humanity. Old ideas began per
lade, new ones 70 be entertained. PREM vas
= gave Way-Pregudice gains the foreign con
ne 1ankees ana even agalnst the changes il
lifting from the war. And now the CHEZ sch
< suffered by the people arises not from lisa
fact that great changes have been WROUGHT this
immense value IN property DESTROYED. buf I suit
q the fact that blood, precions and IN VII
Put the life and blood out OF Of
calculation, and we knew few, n anv. geo
would undo the deeds OF the past twelve arc,
~ ltuel
instance the improvements and show the aga
ent condition Of Brownsville, We viii me
n briefly the principal OF her business fn- Dnl
are more than fifty stores, Of which
~ twenty are dry goods exclusively, TWEEN
rocery and provision houses, two hard
and agricultural Implement stores two
lture, three drug, two stove and TIN, two
slry. three coufecfionerv thrQe millinery III,