Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-06-24
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FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
Monroe COuNtY.

IS 81
Having been written to by various parties
from different sections oftheNOrth andWest
for correct and reliable infoi nation about
East Tennessee, and espe cially the section
where reside, / will crave the medium of
YOUR valuable journal to jot down few
facts as regards this old and much-abused
county. Why say SO, is that the mode of
cultivation by the "bull tongue and one
horse,n and the planting of corn and SOW
ing of wheat among the standing corn,
has tended to produce poverty in the soil,
as we'll as among the people, and to the
shame of the operators, the county
Shows by the last census q less population
bvsome J. 200 than she had in 1890 years.
The constant drain upon as fine a soil as
the sun shines on i'm the Island of Cuba
has induced our people TO move West and
t. Texas, where they expect the freshness
of the soil and the mercy of kind Provl-
dence will give them still further respite
from toll and labor They will find even
there that there is no excellence without
great and unceasing labor. Monroe coun--
" has at this limea large breadth of land
for sale, and at figures that will attract. it
possesses more varied geological formation
tlan any other county in the state, a
large portion of the minerals-such as
gold, iron, marble, lead, manganese,
graphite, copper and ,baryta, will repay in
the working for exportatiOn, with some
fmproved facilities of transportation,
when the large variety of lines and field
spar is made available as a Fertilizer, to re-
cuperate the soils that have been exhaust
ed with the cultivation of corn. 3 s-.El
The main ridge through the centre of the
county from south to north, divides the
waters running to the Gulf and the Ter
nessee river, with springs of great volume
along its whole extent, the sources OF some
eight rhine large creeks flowing east into
the Tennessee river, and each one capable
of driving Large amount of machinery,
with ample falls and a neyer-failing sup
ply; and on the west some six prominent
creeks, now dotted with mills and cotton
gins, and only small portion OF their ca
paclty i'm use. Besides the Tellico river,
with its crystal waters, and afiording
water power equal to all Lowell, and supe-
rior to aDy other river in Tennessee, owing
f., its easy control and neyer-failing sup
NV. and affording navigation for all the
productions of its mills and furnaces, rs
we'll as the products of ITS large extent of
superior bottom hands, nd which by its al
most annual overflow is made rich with
its deposits and gives back to it an annual
increase over and above the exhaustion by
cropping. The plateau upon, the noun
tain, some eight miles in width, and some
25 miles in length, furnishes varied geo.
logical character, and of great interest to-
the men of science, giving the various
states from the conglOmerate formation to
the gneiss, including the mica, Safe and
serpentine formations, with large and
r<~f- IL loo
This section over and above all its untold
value in mineral, is of exceeding great inn
portance in the raising of fruits. For the
most part this district, is level and covered
with most luXuriant growth of fox
grapes, so that wagons can be loaded in the
season. Apples, pears and peaches grow
with almost a certainty every year. Pota-
toes produce more than -fold-tbe ele-
walton, being some fifteen hundred feet
above the dew point or thermal line.n
The water of this section is of the purest
freestone, and presents large field for the
growing of wool and grass. Prominent
among the iron developments is vein
some 200 feet in width, running through
the whole extent of the county and
which has been pronounced by
the most experienced ? biologists p a
pure vein of iron of the simonite variety,
yielding fully 80 per cent. of iron. Now
this vein extends to the Tellico river, and
that stream and the Tennessee may be
made available to transport it to Knox
vile or other points. Not to trespass too
much upon your kindness, Ewish to say, as
set TODD, that Monroe county presents
strong inducements to the seeker after the
finest climate and lands the continent
possesses that lands are held here at a
reasonable price the owner is willing to
take the value, and the lands will be found
better watered than in any county in the |
State making them well adapted to |
grasses, and the raising of sheep instead
of corn. a. 3sEN "a
The people of Monroe county are moral,
and law-abiding, and it will be found that
the Sabbath is fully as well kept here as i'm
Connecticut The people here do q not
drink beer that works ON Sundays, but |
they drink mountain dew" made with |
the shuck on, and sometimes without |
Uncle Sam's stamp thereon. / do say in |
all soberness, that know of no county |
offering greater and better inducements |
to the emigrant from the rigid North and |
West, than Monroe county. 1 have
travelled much and far, and think that [ |
am not mistaken. s-EEEF EQ5f
Let the traveller pass up or down the
Sweetwater Valley, along the railroad and
he will see fair specimen of the lands in
the whole county, as those of Fork Creek.
Bat Creek and Tellico Valley are equally
as good. The others may be more rolling.
but possess the same mineral power of re.
cuperation. ..a .........-
The health aud longevity of Monroe
county and portion of Western North
Carolina is shown by the census From
the high table land in the centre of the
county, the lands descend to the Gulf of
Mexico, giving prominence as to
health, furnishing good air the coun-,
ty being free from fevers or chills, without |
any disparagement to other counties.
Mr.. Editor, all Monroe county asks is
for the enterprising man or woman to come
among us, with labor, brains or money, and
they will find we have not over stated the |
resources and climate of East Tennessee. |
1.-THE proof of the pudding is to eat it.n
The price and quality of the lands and
other surroundings will determine the in
ducement to actual settlers. Let them
come! PROGRESS. ]