The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-03-05
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
THE ARKANSAS VALLEY.
The Land Of Sunshine, Streams and
Natural Meadows.
Its Settlements, Towns and People.
A Fertile Soil and Genial Climate.


Its Settlements, Towns and PEOPLE.
"a rer0le ooAi anu Ieniai Oiiiis''e'
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sumner, Co"iI. anu p"''' . Tn ~
has oecn "oiluo. iuiis .apiu 's,is
count. 'housanue VI az
.u, n.y. nv on's IN. sno ~ r,,
r. Tl. i'onl IoimJ po' 80
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III U ana rar;i i 80 nc. ,,.o,s,amnad -
,sr;,,a,a honds ~ hSo,,aS,an5a,. $50
an,tnr and so,,inr 81 ,he ~, IN
~ IL IT, I'a;n "a 49,. a.
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mnnd .o-.;o,I,',nnI - IN o. -;
r. aha;aaS, 80 - e. .I;' H. .,o Ia
and hoaI,h oro 70 ha fonnd;, ,Lo go,
valley of the Arkansa in ,hc conn,;cs
named above
''' ~ ,,,.n
ia Et,,o Ioss thnn . 200 ri. ~ ,o,c,h
h.;na, ono os ,Ln in,,eont "a
,unninr streams - ,ba no,,;na,,.
Ris;ng Z, Cniorado ,prr;tor,, Ioner;t,do
ono bnrdred ond civ on6 HE do
greoS wost of Creonw;cb .nd iat;t,Jo
,h;rty,nino and ono.baif Jomro.s nnr,h
rnco;yinn ;,s yo,are tron, ,.;,nIo,s an NJ
snr;nn. fhat aro fod h,- ,ho ,nn,,;nar ~
tno o1ornai snn,rs of ;hn $50. 20, ~,
which roor. If : rI,ogad lof,v onj snnH,
crnyred noats Ia ,n;,oS 70, az o,d
3 900 GOO, r.hn,,o tho haso az H. -.
,nnu,t,;rs !, a. o,n,,,lo.oI'. o.o,,,,a
tho south naoL eurnos md snari. ,os n,
Tho haSo az Wn;,nt I ;nooi,, ia '.,,oi. 90
ont throuah a c,nynn in PIE Pol
ranno ;nto ,bn volIcv ~ oetorn CoIora
a., a,,d ~, oa.t,.ard I, 90. En,,sa.
Sevnutv.fivo nils north of tho snnth
limo of;ho toto nm dno onst 40 ILL
d;vcrrcs seventy.t;va m;,es nor,bnas,
tbop angles to Tho Southeast for,n;n0
VIZ. Is Known as tho 60, pomT
,ho,c i;,tio Soutb of oost ,bro,,,rI'
| kans,s tho in,l;a,, tor,;,or,. o,d H.,
s,a,o az ArLa .nn,.t,;na ;n,a ,i,o
N,ss;sS;,,n; ,nidYo,. hai ,,oo,, Non,nh;s
oud VI bu,o ~ hrl,onsos
hrood ond shaIiow stream ,y;th ,no,,.
;.lan,dS lou. Ln, ,roiI dofn,J bel:
v.rx;p1 from ropr 70 ton fnet in bo;nht
rho ,,ost ro,na,I abIo fe.t,ros arc that
olthourb dro,u;nn +. cou,,trr hofnro
,o.cI;no X o,sos 1,re,or th.n all M
Emaian5 and al,bonah !, na,r;os ~.
rna11,;nr snnus ~ L. I,I'. and Az
nust of many thousand Sonaro n,;ios !,
90 ororGaws lie hanLi hn, ;tS 10
Tors are cur;omsir rcn, within ,he bod
If tho stream yort,pg a grcot hono,;t
70 Tho soil Of tho yoiioy Ca, nils nnnr
oooh s;do Tho Tot - Tho I'D of, ho
stream throughout It's source in Kan.
Sae j. co,nnoscd of sand and gravel nc
| also tho snbso;l of tho adjacent Lands
/ re er,orohundopt woter snro.ds ~
.oIf ,hrnnoh h;s suhso;I ;pstnod nf
ovcrfou;mT tho countrv ne wouId be
/ tho caSa ;f tho snhsn;l az tho r;Jo y,I.
Icvs was clay, So comnletclv does the
no,us subso,l drink mn mis- wafer that
mo-, of tho vn.r II i oas;ly fordohlo
With ,n.m. aud there has boon timcs
Who, in tho Western nort;on of tho
! tote rho r;vor bod would Uo dry al
,ho,,nb wotnr cnuId no oht7;nod tbroe
~, fnnr inches bolow tho surface whore
in roal;tv Tho river was dow;no in tho
,rrayol TIC r;yor a, W;cb;to E about
too foot widc at Hutchinson Tort
IL ,,r,bor NJ, IL i 500 foo, ia
Tur vATiry Am son.
Tho ,;chost ,nd most desirable nor
ton Of ,be valley los hetvean tho
Crc,t Pond and tho noint yhore tho
,;ror ontors in tho Indian territory in
whinh arao are Tho coum,;cs Of Reno
Uor,,nr SoJuu;cL Summon Cowl.v
AMI H;ilor 10 doscr;ho nerfoctIy thc
Lands streams towns and nroduct;ous
nr ,hcsc connt;os wouIJ repu;re a more
sa.;io .,d fnrc;b,o non ,hon wo Weld
TLn GALLEY nroncr ar bo,tom Is from
Co., 80 tr-nn,y ,,;Ios i, u,;J,h TIC
i,;nhor I'D nnon o;tIor ida ora ind
! az soca,,J ho,tnm or low roI,;ru ,,ro;-
,;os w;tb ;uct onourb und,,I,t;on or
swel, To carry off tho cytra rain falls
Tho soil of tho valley nronor which Is
al.o mark oil bv gentle syclIs is chief.
IT, sandy loan made nm of sncb min.
cral oIamants ~ bovc bncn washed
crnr, tho Pei, monnta,pS NV tho ,,tr;.
,;on 81 aros i, ;s a m,rt Oh feoturo Of
III Sn,i 7bot i, Contains a much larger
nrnnort;on of mineral matter than tho
rrairie soiIs Of JII;uois and Iowa which
arn cb;ot,v vcrntohlc monld For tb;s
,c,.ou oir valley will imnrove bv cu,-
t;y,tion To those accustomed IN n
mnrLy soil tbcre ,nnears IN he in
ni,ce. in his valley foo much saud but
,l,o cxnn,;oncn of o,,r farmers i direct
~ the onnosite Read what the editor
-, ,ho t,ac,;c,,, to.;c,,Jt,o.;.t Who =.
sitcd This valley in April of This wear.
ho. To say
"Tho Soil i 4 deem black loan rest
;ro an 4, LIGHTER coiored suhso;l CON
sistiug of .oam. cIav and gravel. both
soil and subsoil being so porus that