Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-02-14
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
soil. Products, Water-POWer and
People Of Greene County.

interested III Ine UTUlcle puDllSneu III your
paper in reference to our section of the
state and noticing that great many in
.luiries are the result of such articles, beg
the privilege Of calling your attention to
the inclosed article in reference to our
county, believing that Greene county can
furnish a. many inducements to the inn
migrant as any other county in East Ten
nessee. BY referring to the map of Ten
.nessee, the location of the county is north
east of the city of Knoxville and borders
on the State of North Carolina, it being
one of the largest in East Tennessee, if not
one of the wealthiest outside of Knox
county. The county is about as large in
area as Rhode Island. The Fast Tennes-
see, Virginia and Georgia Railroad passes
through it di92onally, thereby securing to
each section the benefit of railway trans
portation. The Nolachucky river passes
through the eastern portion of the county,
on (which are many fine river bottom
farms. There are quite a number of other
streams flowing into this river that also
afford the best offarming lands. LickCreek
which runs from the northern extremity to
the southwest extremity, affords some of
the finest meadow lands in the State. Hay
can be raised in abundance and this section
would be q profitable locality for stock
raising. Richland creek flowing into the
Nolachucky from the north also has fine
lands, although not so well adapted for
grazing, as the land is more rolling betA
ter suited for the growing of small grains
and clover. Holly's creek also affords
fine lands. Camp, Cedar Cove and Mead
ow creeks, from the SOUTH can also boast
Of valuable farming lands. These creeks,
excepting the main fork of Lick creek,
would furnish an abundance of water
power when properly developed. The
soils are varied-the river and creek bot
toms, in general, are alluvial, while that
Of second bottom and uplands are more
varied, and will, when properly cared for,
produce well. Our lands have been known,
when under proper culture, to produce
from forty to eighty bushels of corn per
acre; wheat from twenty to thirty; oats
from thirty to fifty, and all grains in the
same proportion. In fact, every product
grown in the North and West will do well
. in this section. Glover, the best fertilizer
We have, is beginning to draw the atten-
lion of our farmers and so far it has been
profitable crop.
We have an abundance of timber of
almost every description. Our mountain
districts can not be surpassed in the quail
ty and amount of fine timber White and
yellow pine, walnut, cherry chestnut, &c,
grow to q large size
GreeneVille, the county seat, is situated
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
gia Railroad, seventy-five miles northeast of
Knoxville, and before the war, a very large
amount of business was transacted, it be-
ing tue lnOSL accessible IallIOAu DOlllu LOT
Western North Carolina; but since the
partial completion of the Cincinnati, Cum
berland Gap and Charleston Railroad, has
lost great deal of her former trade. At
present, her trade is quite fiattering. The
resources Of the county are good, as there
has been more freight shipped and received
at Greeneville than any other station out
side of Chattanooga, Loudon, Knoxville
and Bristol There is more wheat raised
in this section than any other county in
East Tennessee, and she ranks second fol
hog raising. The health Of the town and
vicinity is good as but very few cases OF
sickness are known, and any one travelling
through the county can verify this by the
number of gray-haired people they would
meet. The climate is surprising, as Oul
winters and summers both are mild.
We are ,5S1 feet above the level of the
sea, and G9l feet above the city of Knox.
Vile, giving us the benefit of the purify
ing atmosphere. There are quite a mum
Der of other towns, such as Midway, Full
lers, on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad; Rheatown, Warrens
burg, Graysburg and Haseville-interioI
towns.
Fruits of all descriptions do WELL and
with the interest that is being manifest in
the planting of new orchards we will soon
have an abundance of fine fruit.
We also have flOurishing college with
in a short distance of Greenevlle, which
attendance. The common school system
will soon be put in operation as a liberal
tax has been levied. There are two weekly
papers published in Greeneville: the .NcU
Fra, Republican, and the Sentinel, Dem
.ocratic.
Our hills and mountains afford a variety
of minerals, and we have within oul
county two cold blast furnaces, and when
in operation turnout an average of eigh
teen tons of charcoal iron per day, and II
is considered equal to the best iron made
anywhere.
Warm Springs, IL celebrated watering
place, is twenty-five miles south, and wheI
the Greeneville and Paint Rock narrow
gauge railroad is completed will be of easy
access. The above road will soon be pu
under contract, and when the Cincinnati
Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroad
is completed, the products of the section
will have n new and ready market il
North and South Carolina. This roat
will also pass by the, furnaces and othe
mineral sections, opening new and prof
table avenue of commerce.
Without boasting, Greene county has
great many yenterprising individuals whicl
is shown in our county fair, and the ener
gy displayed in endeavoring to increas
our railway communication. Our count,
fair is the first organization of this kind il
East Tennessee, which has been in opera
ton two years, and so far has proven
success. Our grounds are beautifully stu
ated and when improved will be quite