The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-05-28
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
4 Bret Description of Its Soil, Timber,
Minerals, etc., etc.


the State, adjoining the Cherokee Nation
and contains an area of about 3b2, o0'
acres, good portion of which is rive
and creek bottom lands There is in tn,
County nearly 10000 acres subject t.
homestead or other entry, and about 70
600 acres Of Railroad Lands, which ar
now in the market and offered at from
81 to $500 per acre, according to quail
ty. Other unimproyed lands can b.
bought at from $3.50 to $1,000 per acre
and lands partly improved at from vi tt
to $1,000, per acre.
The Lands Of Crawford County are
the larger part of them, exceedingly fer
tile, and the greater part OF them suscept
ibe of cultivation. There are, within its
limits, more allaval lands than most. il
not all the other western counties Wei
watered, good timber, and capable oil
supporting a dense population, The
present population is estimated at 5000
Schools and Churches abound in all parts
of the county, there being forty-eight
School Districts in the county, in which
free schools tire taught from three to tel
months in the year.
Ihare are in the county eight Steam
FIGURING Mills, two carding ma
chimes, and q large number of Steam
Cotton Gins, &c, &c, as well as other
machinery.
Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Oats, Tobacco,
Grasses, Grapes, etc all do well, turning
off large crops.
Fruits of all kinds: Apples, Pears,
Peaches, Grapes, etc, are not excelled
anywhere, and in this connection we may
state, that at the Arkansas State Fair
held at Little Rock last FALL the first and
second premiums were awarded Crawford
County for the best and largest display
of Apples exhibited; the contesting cx-
hibits being large and numerous In
short the agricultural products of our
fertile lands will vie in richness and quail.
ty with those of the most favored locall-
ty in the Union.
The Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail
way, runs through the entire breadth of
the county from east to west And the
Arkansas River. which is navigable the
greater part of the year, runs along the
entire length of its southern boundary,
thus giving to the citizens of the county
ample shipping facilities, and such as are
not enjoyed by many Of her sister coun-
ties.
The description of Crawford County,
which we publish below, is taken from a
report made from an actual reconnois-
sance by Messrs j. NJ. Washbourne and
j. H. IIaney, to the l.. r. & f. S. Rail.
way in 1857, Since that time there has
been of course, vast improvements made
in the condition of the county, in most
all respects:
avery little pine is found in this County
but in the adjoining Cherokee Country, COM
meneing nine miles north of westward from
Van Buren,, is one of the greatest pneries
north of the Arkansas River. 1t will hereaf
ter. be very valuable to your Road. The up
lands in the eastern section Of this county
generally, are level and fertile, rich in grass
es, vines. Crap, and underground. Spring,
are common in parts and water obtained Will
readiness by digging. These lands arc un
derlail by ferruginous shales and elaye, am
where unproductive, can be made SO by ma
terial existing there or in the hills One o
the finest tracts of bottom land begins in tn
city of Van Buren,, and runs down the river
past the mouth of Frog Bayou or Clear Cree
| to the mouth-of Mulberry. The greater par
! is high. dry. richly timbered, with luXurian
growth of vine, shrub and grass ;--well-wa
| tered, and AS productive as any land on tn
Arkansas.
shaies are every Wnere eA pose', even IA VI
city IN seVeral places Noai, OF coai ihuiee
are io",lu an oVct .ue county, NY .ile Uoai,
u RUE, Is not as lnlcN as 10 IL ~ fa'lN''li' -
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