Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-06-04
LOGAN COUNTY

LOGAN COUNTY
is about sixty or seventy mics long aud
about thirty miles bread, ard the GUyaa-
d,tte River traverscS it's whole length; tie
low laads bordering ou the river are very
fertile aud well adapted t. tie growth Of
" heat. corn, oats. rye and tobacco. The
uuerous creeks win c. q w into the Guyan-
dotte also water beautiful and fertile val
lrvs which If situated on tie Atlantic S'oVe
would easily command from ore hundred
{, five hundred dollars per acre, and the
hills, though little steep AMI rough, are
arabic and La &C generous soil, well adap-
ted 20 the culture of tobacco, Which sta
pie could be grown with Is fine 'Xture
Is the far famed yellow wrappers of South
side Virginia. Yet there is but little in
terest felt or manifested in Agriculture in
this section, few acres of corn or wheat
suffice for home consumption, and being at
present shut out from the markets Of the
world, bv being too poor q. ourselves 10
open mp the Guyaudotte river, which ma
turc has ordained as our highway. Our
attention is turned To timber. Of which
we have not only the finest in West Nir-
sjuia, bat the finest in the world. Though
thousands Of our logs find their way every
spring upon the swollen bosom of the Guy
andotte TO it. mouth; Yet they are hardly
missed, most OF our forests vet stand In
their maiden state, but little changed since
they were temples in which the Mingo
chiefs and braves smoked their pipes,
counted their scalps, or held their great
councils Of war. The arm Of the white
man has done but little except to drive
the red man toward the setting sun, To eX
terminate from their jungleS and businesses
the wild beast, and supply their place on
the mountain with swine, sheep and cat
tie. ~ our grand material resources are
as vet untouched.
OUR MOUNTAINS AND COvES
abound with the largest kind OF Walnut,
Maple, Ash, Poplar, Lynn, Oak, &c. In
fact. most all American timber is indigo
nous To our soil. But then our mountains
and hills have 4 hidden treasure far more
valuable than the untold millions Ci Its
surface. We have Coal, Iron, and other
minerals, scattered with profuse and
| lavish hand throughout cur whole borders.
| Our coal fields are even richer than those
Of the far famed kanowha Valley, hut OF
them il j. useless to speak. Let the cspl-
/ talist come a. q examine them tr himself,
and am sure that the words Of the Queen
of Sheba, in regard Ia solomon, will spring
spontaneously 20 his lips ior utterance.-
/ The necessary Improvements can be made
/ in the Guyaudattc River at a very slight
Gust. and then our hidden and yet uudc-
vclop,d wealth can be thrown into the lap
If tie world.
OUG CLIMATE
! is salubrious ana our SKY gcaia,; Spring
opens from two - three weeks earlier here
/ shan in the counties bordering on the
/ Ohio. and our seasons are ali that the
most iastidious could wish. Both our eli
mate aud soil are we'll adapted to fruit
especially the grape, apple, pear, peach
and cherry. We have also, quantity OF
/ that which NJ. Guizot said was the wealth
of any country, viz: good water. We have
some three or four different kinds of sui
phur springs, equal To any in the State
| Also, alum, chaly beate, lime, &c. but ihe
pride ii our mills is lbs pure and sParklir;
free-stone sprngs-purer and sweeter T.
/ the weary ono than the nectar prepared
FOR Jupiter
F8IITRANTS
from any country will be kindly received
here; We have no political caste or big,ted
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