The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-12-03
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
1 Brief Description of Its Soil Timber.
Minerals, elc., etc.
AND THE
Attractions offered to Immigrants.

| ed on the extreme w estefn boundary OF
the State, adjoining the Cherokee Nation,
and contains an area of about 1000
acres, good portion of which is river
and creek bottom lands There is in the
County nearly 10000 acres subject to
homestead or other entry, and about 70.
600 ncres of Railroad Lands, which are
now in the market, ard offered at from
81 to 81 90 per acre. according To quail
ty. Other unimproved lands can he
bought at from $3.50 to $1,000 per acre ;
and lands partly Improved at from 81 to
to $1,000, per acre.
The Lands Of Crawford County are.
the larger part Of them, exceedingly fer
tile, and the greater pant of them suscept-
ihe Of cultivation. There are, within its
limits, more alluvial lands than most il
not all the other western counties. Well
watered, good timber. and capable Of
supporting 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 re taught from three to ten
months in the year.
| There are in the. county eight Steam
! FIGURING Mills. two Wool earding ma.
chimes, and large number of Steam
Cotton Gins, &c, DC, 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 exceled
snywhere, and in this connection we may
state, that at the Arkansas State Fair,
| held at Little Rock last Fall. the first aud
second premiums were awarded Crawford
County for the best and largest display
of Apples exhibited; the contesting ex
hibits beng 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 local.
| ty in the Union.
The Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail
way, runs through the entire breadth of
the county from east to west. Aud the
Arkansas River. which ia navigabe 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. aud such as are
not enjoyed by many of her sister coun-
ties
The desrriDtion of Crawford County
a.l,i,.h ,un ,,,lIfat hatu + tata,, r,
'''N" w 'e''"' 20 'aN'" ''V''
report maze from an actual reeohnols-
sance by Messrs. J. NJ Washbnurne and
J. II. IIaney, to the l.. r. IL f S Rail
way, in 1857. Since that time there has
oeeh oi course, VAST Improvements maze
in the condition OF the county, in most
all resnepts.
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