The Van Buren press., 1876-04-11
scR.A'WFoRD. COUNTY.
2. 0tisf Descfipsion of ID Soil,
Timber, Minerals, ETC., and the
Attraction offered to
Hlmmigrants.

] ming the ChefoArs Nation, and con
sins an area OF as'est 1858. 900 acies, I
vssi portion Of Witch is river and creel
h"pYm lNndss TAErc is in the county
sbcat loo, 600 acres subject to homestead
or other entry, Shd about 100000 acres
of railroad ha.is, Which are now in the
market, and offered at from $500 to
q per acre according to quality. Other
unimprovcd lands can be bought at from
ss.SOto sta,oo per acre; and lands part
/, Improved at from $500 TO $500 pei
1'heisn Of Crawford county are, the
larger part Of them exceedingly fertile
aud the greater part Of them susceptible
Of cultivation; there are, within its lin.
its, more alluvial lands than r.ost, fno,
sll the other western counties weil.wa-
tered. good timber. and capable Of SUP
plying'a dense population The presen,
population is estimated at 10000.
Schools and churches abound In all parts
" the county, there being thirty-three
sghool. districts in the county. in which
free schools arc taught from three to ten
months in the year
9rliers are, in the county, six steam
Touring mills, two wool carding ma
,hiaes, and q large number Of steam cot
ton gins. ietcs 90 well as other machi.
merry.
Cotton, cora, wheat, osts and grapes
all DO well. turning off large crops.
Fruit ofaall kinds--apples. pears, pea.
ctles, grapes. etc.--are not exeelled any
~her. in short, the agricultural prod
uets Of our fertile lands will vie in rich
hess and quality with those Of the most
fsvored locality in the union.
The Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail
way which will be completed in three
months runs through the entire breadth
"f the county, from east to west; and
tie Arkansas river, which, is navigable
the greatp part of the year, runs along the
entire length Of its southern boundary,
thus giving to the citizens Of the coun.
" ample shipping facilities, and such as
re not enjoyed BY many Of her siste.
counties.
Tho description Of Crawford county,
Which We publish below, is taken from
report made from all actual reconnoi-
sss,,ce BY Messrs J NJ. Washbourne and
j. II. Haney, to the l.. X. l. F. S, II. r.
Company, in 1857. Since that time there
have been, Of course, vast improvements
'aA.le 10 the condition Of the county, in
-ai.n.aAA al ,xAauects -
Very little pine is found IN this coun-
~; bnt in the adjoining Cherokee coun.
,ry, commencing nine miles north OF
westward from Van Buren, is one Of the
Iteatcst pineries north of tho Arkansas.
1t will. hereafter, be very valuable to your
Kukd. The uplands in the eastern sec
tion of this county, generally, are level
aud fertile, rich in grasses, vines, grape
and underground. Springs arc common
il parts, aud water obtained with readi
,,ces by digging These lands are,uuder
laid by fcrruginous sAales and clays, and
where unproductive, can be made so by
material existing there or in the hills
O1e of the finest tracts Of bottom land
begins in the city Of Van Buren,, and rams
"A ei~.nn tl1a af L1ot
Rvek, past ahe mouth Of Frog Bayou or
Clcat Greek to the mouth OF Mulberry.
The greater part is high, dry, richly tim
hereds With luxuriant growth Of vine,
shrub aud grass; well watered, and as
prod1c,iyc as any land on the A.Aalsas
Shalcs are everywhere exposed, even
10 the city IN several places. Coal, or
coal indices arc found all over the coun.
Il, but the coal, az o rule, is not as thick
rs il 10 in Franklin On Frog Bayou, u
considerable tributary of the Arkansas
nj Philips bank. S IS. r. ., X. 80, coal
Ia. been dug for thirty. five years; said,
by smiths who have worked it, 70 be the
hest coal in the region; it is three feet
thick and easy to quarry; It extends quite
y diatsnce along this Bayou, and is part
II the Arkansas coal field. This stream
las loug been famed Tor it's fine. wide,
high, and rich lands. a few small pra
ries sAirtit, With excellent grasses and
herbs.
On Flat. Rock, q stream eastward from
Van Kuren two miles, shale is exposed,
aud coal has been found The aplands
.,unU U%thia afrpain arc fine for fruits
grape aud berries This shale runs into
Van Buren,; and in the well sunk for thc
STEAM mill IN Van Barren, coal was struck
as. also, very hard. blue, almost inpen.
~trAble rick. Along this tresm anal
fragments Of crystai-as, also, on low
ridge on the land Of E. Scott. S. Q, r. O.
X. 81, aud along the hill side. near the
Vsl Bareu steam ,nill--are gathered
l.iinaslone occurs at the base Of the blnf
IL fcTruginous sandstone, above Val
ljurei,; this bluf Of sandstone abuts OF
,h. river. and yields tine building stone
md on its hcigLt, which is broad tab,
land, are some OF the finest building site,
10 be found in his picturesque valley
j, u tempting " the wealthy immigrant
This biuf fronts, also, on Lees Creek, .
i;s confluence with the Arkansas, an,
rune slany that stream into the adjoinin.
Lids: the mouth of this stream ia in S
j.. re- T. 80; opposite the bluff. acros
the creek. is high hill in which lead wa