Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-05-07
Communication.
From the Pacific Coast.
For the Fayetteville Observer.
.CREswELL, Lane County, Oregon, !
April 18th, 1874.

LGttOT y me OOS6Ttef-l
will give you bird's-eyc view
Of Oregon, the second State of
Importance, which lies on the
Pacific Coast. The soil and
climate are varied. That part
Of the State, which lies east of
the Cascade range Of noun
tains is called Eastern Oregon,
commencing afewmiles south Of
Walla Walia and extending to
The DalIes. The first county
south Of Walla Walla, is Una
tilIa; the land here is very fer
tile Ten the streams) the best OF
wheat and vegetables being
raised-the rolling praiiies are
good for any kind Of grain and
the climate is healthy. Itis also
one of the best stock countries
on the coast. There is only
one draw-back--cvely few yeal $
the stock raisers meet with a
coaV-kiIler in the shape Of deep
SHOWS and cold winds, whit h
kill off the cattle by the thOu-
sand. They are dying now
throughout the whole Of Una
tilla, Baker, Union and WaSco
counties. The country in Eas:-
ern Oregon is sparsely settled
the people are poor, and, as they
have no market for their pro-
ducc, money is scarce and hard
to get.
Wasco county is good for
wheat and vegetables, but, like
the whole Of Eastern Oregon it
is windy, cold and disagrecable.
Many places in this part of the
State are liable to severe frosts,
winch ijich fell each month in tie
year and injure the growing
crops to a great extent. I'M
best part Of the State lies south
of the Cascade range. Tic
Willammet Valley extends
from the base Of the Cascade
to the Kalipooia mountains, a
distance Of one hundred and
fifty miles. The mean breadth
is, perhaps, ten miles. The
whole valley is thickly popula-
ted and the best wheat in the
United States is raised here
Portland, on the Willammet,
seven miles from its mouth, is a
place Of considerable impor-
lance. All the wheat raised an
nualIy, consisting Of several
millions Of bushels, is shipped
to market from this place
The country in the vicinity Of
Portland and Oregon city is a
dense forest. The latter place
is, also, on the WiIlammet river
and is known as the oldest town
in Oregon. Oregon City con-
tains a Wooden Mill in operation
the Oregon and California
Railroad runs through il, while
it is accessible to navigation
1t is the county site Of CIacka-
mas county. This county pre-
sents the 5tran9est sight to the
traveller Imaginable. The tim
Der here is so large and so de-
Mise that it takes Il lifetime to
clear a farm. In some places
the light OF the sun never
touches the earth. No one
who has never seen these gi-
gantic forests can form any
idea of its density and the
many disadvantages which the
farmer labors under. You go
along the wagon-rOad in the
still, death-like solitude OF this
mighty forest, and suddenly Il
farmhouse appears--the chill
dren, if there be any, run and
hide. Should a young lady be
residing there, and a traveller Is
seen she runs to the nearest
tree and climbs it until she
reaches the top. The young Ia
dies in Clackamas clOunty wear
blue leggins and immense Mex
lean spurs. About thirty miles
south Of Portland you come TO
beautiful prairie country one
hundred miles in extent. The
mountain ranges on either side,
are heavily timbcred; cl- az
streams irrigate the sol andhe c
is the garden Of Oregon. Sa-
lem is beautiful town and the
prairie county adjacent is an in
land paradise. Albany, in Linn
county, is situated on the bank
of the WiIlammet river east Of
. the town a prairie of vast ex'
tent reaches miles away anC
lends a picturesque scene tt
the eye. The Santiam, KaG
pooia and other tributaries u
mite with the Willammet here
and taken altogether, thu