The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-05-07
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
1 Rfiet Description Of IFS Soil, Timber
Minerals. etc, etc.
Attractions 0aered TO Immigrants.

/ Crawford County. Arkansas, is situat
D ed on the extreme Western boundary of
the State, adjoining the Cherokee Nation,
r and contains an area OF abont BOZ, GOO
! acres, good portion Of which is river
F.. and creek bottom lands. There is in the
] County nearly 10000 acres subject to
! homestead or other entry, and about TO-
) 600 acres Of Railroad Lands, which are
: now in the market, and offered at from
, 81 to 81, 90 per acre, according to quail
". Other unimproved lands can be-
bought at from $3.50 to $1,000 per acre
and lands partly improved at from 81 to
to $1,000, per acre,
J The Lands of Crawford County are
the larger part Of them, exceedingly fer
) tile, and tie greater part Of them suscept.
IDLE OF cultivation. There are, within its
limits, more alluval lands than most, if
not nil the other western counties. Well
watered, good timber, and capable of
supporting a dense population. The
present population is estimated at 200.
Schools aud Churches abound in all parts
of the county, there being forty.eight
School Districts in the county, in which
! free schools ire taught from three to ten
, months IN the year.
There are in the county eight Steam
FIGURING Mills, two Wool-carding ma
chimes, and 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
: snYwhere, 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 ex-
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 loeali-
, ty in the Union,
The Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail
q way, runs through the entire breadth Of
tile county from east to west. And the
Arkansas River, which is nayignbe The
J greater part of the year, runs along the
entire length Of its southern boundary,
, thus giving to the citizens Of the county
G ample shipping facilities, and such rs are
r not enjoyed by many of her sister eoun.
: ties.
: ihe description Oh NlaWlofu Souhtyt
which we publish below, is taken from 4
f report made from au actual reconnos-
sonao l,y h1essrs / N wosbbonrno md
: - - :, = :,
/ d. II, iiahey, 10 we H. ~ 4" i o. man
way, III 1891 Since that time there has
been of course, vast Improvement made
IN Ito o,.,li,io, of tho oonnt, !, NO,
~ Wv
all respects
VERY little pine is found in this County
but in the adjoining Cherokee Country, COM
!. meneing nine miles north of westward from
q Van Buren,, is one of the greatest pineres
, north Of the Arkansas River. 1t viii hereai
:, ter. be very valuable to your Road. The up
! lands In the eastern section f this county
generally, are level and fertile. rich in grass
es, vines. grapa, and undergro with. Sprin n
are common In parts and water obtained with
readiness by digging. These lands are un-
derlAid by ierruginous shilles and clays, and
where nnproduotire, ear BIO natr 50 bN MA
, teral existing there or IN the mus, Ohe OF
, the ttneSt tracts OF bottom iahd begins IN the
city OF Van buren, ana runs GOWN the river
past the mouth OF Frog bayou or Cleaf ofeeb
c to the mouth OF Mulberry lHc GfSater pafl
l. Is high. dry, riehly tlinoereu' WIN lhNutlah'
growth OF vine, shrup ana grass Well-Wa'
tered, ana as productive rs any lahd Oh INT
Arkansas
Shales are everywhere exposed, even IN th'
city In several places Coal or coal lhulee
q are found all over the county. but the coal, ~
: a rule. Is not rs thick as 1t Is IN trahklih VI
u Frog Bayou, considerable tributary to th'
Arkansas. at Philips bank, > is D. H. ~
IS coal has been dug Tor thirty-liVe years sai'
n by smiths, who have worked IT, to be the bes
coal in the region; II Is three rect timex. an'
! easy TO quarry; 1t extends quite distance
IS along this Bayou, aud is a part OF the Arkan
( sas coal field. ms stream has long been ia
med for Its line, wide, nigh ana rlch lands. :
:, few small pratieS skirt 1t With eXeellen
~ grasses and herbs,
'e On Flat Rock, a stream eastward from van
re Buren two miles, shale Is exposed, ana Goa
/ has been found. Tho uplands, along Til
y stream are fine for fruits, grapes and berries
4 This shale runs into Van Buren, and in th
st well sunk for the steam mill there coal wa
IS struck. as. also, very hard, blue, almost i'm
= penetrable rock Along this stream small
. Fragments of crystal-aS, ais ON low ridg
Is on the hand Of +. Scott, 5. 8, 4. 8. r. 81 an,
along the hillside, near the Van Buren, steam
w mill-are gathered. Limestone occurs mt tn
!, base of the bluff of ferruginous sandstone
u above Van Buren,: this bluff of saudston
lie abuts on the river and Yields 4 fine building
r stopn. md on its hpiyht which l. a hrnni