The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-24
The s'City of ROses''s.AittIe Rock
ana Vicinity as an EX-OhiOan

II
Sees it.
LITTLE Rock, ARKANSAS Oct. 1S.
Correspondence OF the star.
After a brief sojourn in the "Rose
City" Of the South, as Little Rock is
termed, and very appropriately, be-
lieve, l have concluded to venture
some information concerning this won-
derful country, for the benefit OF the
many readers of the STAR, who may
have in contemplation future home in
the South or Southwest. / have spent
some six weeks in this State during the
past summer, some three Of which
have spent in Little Rock and vicinity.
l came here under a preconceived i'm
preston that society in Arkansas was
rude and lawless, and 1t was not safe
for a Northern man to reside here; that
the people were th0ugntless, selfish and
inhosptable; that the country was in
general that OF a bowling wilderness or
an impenetra5i0 swamp; that there
were but few places in the State that
were "settled up" and that there were
no tracts of country suitable for agri-
cultural purposes.
In all of these I confess that l am
agreeably disappointed. l find here in
the city of Little Rock all of the ele-
ments OF thrift, refinement and culture
to be found in any city of its size in the
North. Law and order, business enter
priSes, religious institutions, schools
and pubic enterprises are respected
and encouraged here to the same ex-
tent tnat you lind them elsewhere. Lit
tie Rock is delightfully."- situated on a
high, undulatins plateau, overlooking
beautiful, Iich farming country and the
beautiful valley of the Arkansas River.
1t contains q population OF over twenty
thousand, and seems to be steadily in
creasing, having more than doubled in
population within the last few years.
The climate here is delightful, very lit
tie cold weather-not lasting beyond u
few days-long springs and autumn OF
clear, balmy, sunshlny days, aud de-
llghJlully COOL nights during the entire
summer.
The weather here now is delightful.
No lrost yet, with the people preparing
their autumn gardens Tor the raising OF
lettuce, turn!ps, radishes, onions, &c,
ali of which, 1 am informed, flourish
until near the close OF December, then
again about the middle Of February the
spIing gardening ls resumed, and vege-
tatiou flOurishes until the close OF the
December following, meanwhile three
crops OF Yegeta bles nave been harvested
fl ON the same plat OF ground. l have
seen Que piece OF land whereon L was
assured Was grown crop OF wheat
which was harvested about June Is,
which was followed by crop OF corn,
Just gathered, October 10, and there is
now portion OF the same land upon
which crop Of turnipS have been sOWn,
wnicn | presume will make full crop.
There are now OIL exposition at the
rooms OF the State Fair Society pears
which average fourteen inches in cir
cumierence and weigh nearly two
pounds, with apples somewhat larger,
all OF good qualify, and grown here IN
this (PulaskD and Hot Springs Coun-
ties, which would indicate to the
mind OF an unprejudiced pomologist
that this is also something
Of fruit country as well.
LII short, corn, wheat, oats, &C., yield
as largely as in any portion OF Ohio,
while the finest cotton region Of the
United States, 1T is conceded, is that of
the lower Arkansas Valley. Timber,
such as oak, black walnut, hickory,
ash, pine ana cyprus, is abundant and
Of excellent quality. Farm lands, such
as uuimprOVeu prairie, can be had in
large tracts within thirty miles OF Little
Rock, near railroads, at from ~ 90 to
20 per acre, and bottom and timber
ianus, all OF good quality of soil, at
about the same figure. The lands here
are about the only article that 10 oheap,
and THIS grows out Of the fact that the
nard times have about "W Wound up' the
land spectators and monopolists, and
This together with the fact that the Ft.