The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-31
GREENWOOD MY.
Its Advantages TO the immigrant
Faithfully Depicted.

- Tdi1t,iUby 0ePtcteus
y Our Correspondent Tells the Taxi
al Without Prejudice.
q A Portion Of the Slate IN Fact The
a Garden Spot of Kansas.
Correspondence OF the Leavenworth TINES
g EUREKA. Kansas, July 1s.-TO q person
!, seeking new home any information rela-
, tive to localities in a new country that does
. not definitely locate the same, fails in a
, very important particular. Believing that
Greenwood county offers many, ard in
! many respects superior advantages to per-
| sons DESTROYS Of locating in what may be
called new country, | want in as brief
manner as l can, to set forth those advar-
tsges, and shall therefore try and loca e the
county so that any person at sll familiar
with the map of the State of Kansas can
readily find it. Tie county is in the fourth
tier Of counties from the eastern border OF
the Stste, and the southern border OF the
county is ~ miles north from the southern
boundary Of the State. To be more specific,
Greenwood county is bounded on the north
By Chase AMI Lyon; on the east by Coffey,
Wilson and Woodson; on the south hy Elk,
! and on the west by Butler county. To those
familiar with this portion of the State it is
not necessary that should say tast il il
In iaot the garden srot of Kscss-; but this
is written more particularly for those who
have never travelled this beautifully and
picturesque Landscape; and while other
! portions of the State have done more dorc
ing in the way OF advertising the advanta-
ges offered ia their respective localities.
and have succeeded in attracting the tide |
| of immigration which has for the last four |
or i've years poured into the State, and this |
portion inferior in meme, but surpass,
ing in many important requi-
sites to successful agricultural pursuits
and stock raising, has been content to re-
main passive and quietly await the good
time coming when by the very force OF the
demands OF trade and commerce this de-
lightful country shall have been made
tributary to the same.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
have no doubt that when in 1857, Josiah
Kennemsn, Edwin Tucker, NJ. L. Ashmore
and Others first settled in this county. in
the immediate vicinity of where now il
located the county seat, they thought they
had found the promised land, aad bv com
mon consent and in obedience TO the naiur
al promptings they named the town size
Eureka.
ORGANIZ lion.
As indicated above there was settle
msnt iii this county as early az the year
1867, but il was Not until the year 1867
thatI he county was organized. at which I
time the population Of the county was
about ) 800. Il
PRESENT POPULATION.
On the FIRST day of March, 1879, the pop
uiation of the county was SOC, being a I
gain ia seven years OF 400; certainly a
very healthy increase when il is understood ,
thst during all that time the county was ,
without railroad, and that there was no !
exciting cause to induce immigration 10 the
county. 1t WAS but the natural growth OF
the county, and therefore much more per
m anent and Substantial than in M any local I
tiles where within two or three years time a
the population has increased much more 5
rapidly. To be permanent the growth Of a ?
county or town mUat not he spasmodiC 2 :
population ADDED 10 a community rs the :
result Of some extraordinary excitement
does net add much to the material wealth
and prosperity OF that community, for !
with the removal OF the cause, the popula- !
ton attracted by II will also leave.
AREA. :
in area Greenwood county contains I5j 1
square miles, or 139 200 acres OF land. Ii +
Will be seen that the present population OF
the county AZ only about seven persons to
the square mile. Ihope to be able 10 show {
cOuclusively that the resources of the {
county are such that it il capable OF sus-
tanning population may times larger
than 1t at present contsins.
TAXABLE PROPERTY.
For the year Of 1879 the aggregate value
of all taxable lends il Il go 3l6. while the
aggregate value Of lots Is elO9,gl5 and the ,
aggregate value Of all PERSONAL properly is ! !
SiS2, u5l; the total value If all taxable
property in the county belt 2 - Isl lS3
While IL l. not pretended dist The figures
given above reflect the true amount OF =
wealth in tae county, still an important q
item may be gathered therefrom, and that :
II, that Tor every man, WON an and child in =
the cOunty, there IL upon the tax rolls I
taxable property TO the amount OF two hun I
bred and sixty six dollsrs, which | venture /
the assertion is a much better showing than y
is made by many other older and generally ,
reputed wealthier counties. b
What of the
FACE OF THE COUNTRY.
The lands are divided into two classes, I
bottom and uplands; Of the former about &
20 per cent, and of the latter SO per cent o
According to the survey made by the gen. 4
eral government per cent of the lands are 4
forest, while % per cent are prairie. II
TIMBER. n
Persons coming to q prairie country /
from the older or eastern States, are aston ii
ished at the absence of timber, and coon g
grow tired Of the monotonous aspect of the a
great and limitless barren prairie spread n
out before them. How glad indeed they are 7
to purchase farm with some timber upon q
it, even If it is but few trees; something t,
10 reHlluu lnttn Oh tne OIu hOE1e- o 6ucn | q
persons a. have.experienced thIs feeling of h
and are not content with L
their prairie farms let me say th,t all of "
Kansas is not one vast unbroken plain. By q
no means; in many portions OF the State ?
are to be found good varieties of timber,
and | know Of no county in the State where Il
a greater and better variety Il to be found o
than in Greenwood county. The principal b
varieties are the oak, walnut, hickory, hack [
berry, elm, cottonwood, sycamore, mulberry Il
and ash. In many localities in the county h
a great deal has been done in the mater OF a
timber culture: cottonwood, soft maple and o
being the principal varieties. h
FUEL.
With the quantity and quality Of the ),
timber to be found in this county, the ones
lion Of fuel does not assume that i'm port
snce which attached to it in many less -
famed localities; ard when it is under y
'tood that coal Of a medium quality, q
adapted to use in blscksmIthing, and for
iuel in steam mills, has been found in diff =
ierent portions Of the county at depth. =
varying from four to eight feet below the .
surface, the problem a. to the fuel supply .
Is one OF easy solution. =
srREANs.
Greenwood county il blessed in many
respects and rejoices in her ualimited water ~
'upply; and 1t matters not whether 1t il -
in It's relations TO power a. q