The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-12-10
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
4 Bret Description Of its Soil Timber
Minerals. etc, etc.
AND THE
Attractions offered TO Immigrants.


ed on the extreme Western boundary oil
the State, adjoining the Cherokee Nation
and contains an area Of about 362, DOC
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 10.
| 600 acres of Railroad Lands, which are
now in the market, and offered at from
| 81 to 81 90 per acre. according to quail
+ tv. Other unimproved lands can be
bought at from 81 80 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-
lille of cultivation. There are, within its
limits. more aluvial lands than most, if
not all the other western counties. Well
watered, good timber, and capable Of
supporting dense population. The
present population is estimated at 10000
Schools and 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 III the year.
There are in the county eight Steam
FIGURING Mills. two Wool carding ma
chimes, and large number of Steam
Cotton Gins, DC, 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 excclled
anvwhere, 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 locali-
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-
tics.
The description Of Crawford County,
which we publish below, is taken from a
report made from an actual reconnois-
sance by Messrs. J. NJ Washhourne and
j. H. Haney, to the l.. r. d F. S. Rail
w,r in 1877 Since thot t;mo tharo has
:" .'e s.e'o ",'
oeen OF course vast improvements haae
In tue condition oil the county, IN most
all respeets:
.vo., ,;,,,, n,no i. FOND !, 1T, ro,r.,
icy nv. p',,o - 'ouiu ~ an,s Sounts
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al, ". - ne W BIZ s'eu'.oS i.'.n re-
~, ~, VI y, .i.o hi,, =, pI ~ m, otea'
,a ais IN IA aastor,, so,t;nn this ann,p.
.a ~ '"a ta, - e'n,;i ,;ah T., .ounss ;
- ';9 ~, on5 nn5nr,no,l' -
ara cnmmnn In narts and water obtained with
readiness nv ,liguing. These lands are I'M
derlud by ferrupinous shales and claws. and
,hara ,,,,roduct;vs c,n he m,dn az Iv ma
terial existing there or i'm the hills. One of
The finest tracts of bottom land begins in the
civ Of Van nuren and runs down The river.
mast ,he mnuth Of FROG Rayon or Clear Creek
TO the month Of Mulberry. The greater mart
IL hiyb dry richly timhered with luxuriant
rrnwth of vine sRruh and grass. well.wa-
ter,d' and as productive MS any land on the
| Arkansas
| shades are evervwhere cxnosed. even in the
citv in several places Coal. or coal indices
are found All over the comfy. but the coal. a.
rule. il not IA thick ms IL Is I'm Franklin. On
| Frog Bavou. a considerable tributary to tn,
| Arkansas. nj Phillip's bank. :. is, r Q. r.. 30
coal has been dug for thirty five wears, said
| by smiths. who have worked it, to be the hes
coal In the rrpion. IL Is three feet thick aot
aasv to ouarrv IL extends ouite n Jistanc,
aio1nr NE payau aud ia a mar, NJ the Arknn,
cas- coal Hold This stream has lone been IN
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