The Van Buren press., 1878-04-16
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
A Brief Description of its Soil, Timber.
Minerals, etc., etc.
Attractions offered to Immigrants.


and contains IN area of abont 362 600
acres, 4 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.
900 acres of Railroad Lands, which are
now in the market, and offered at from
80 to 81 90 per acre, according to quail
! ty. Other unimproyed lands can be
bought at from $3.50 to 1890 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 patt of them snscept-
ible of cultivation. There are, within its
limits, more alluval lands than most. if
not all the other western counties. Well
watered, good timber, and capable of
supporting a dense population. The
present population is estimated at ID, 600
Schools and Churches abound in all parts
of the county, there being forty. eight
School Districts in the county, in which
free schools ere 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, Ne, 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
onvwhere, 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 contcsting 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-
w 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
'nPte 'n'fl''"S '"oti'sies' '''" e''o'' rs are
not enjoyed by many Of her sister coan.
ties
The description of Crawford County,
which we publish below, is taken from
report made from an actual reconnois-
sonce by Mcssrs. j. NJ. Washbourne and
j, Ii. lIaner, to the l.. K. & f. S. Rail
uor IL re5- Sino, IT,, .;,,o ,,,ana -,
va. IN io"'' S''''o e'iae 'i'ie Vneie hao
peeh OF course, vast improvements made
IN the condition of the county, in most
all respects.
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out ~ Tue auJolni,hg 'hefokee country, com
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notth I'll eiie AINansas h'Nef. ~ van neteai-
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