The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-09-04
Natchitoches Parish.
0eeeraphical Positien-Soil, Climate,
Mealth-PrOlQctlons and it,
social and General Con.
dltlon. s

GEOGRAPHICAL losl1IoN AND soil.
Tho parish OF Natohitoches q now
defined ia aituated On both aideo OF
Red river. distance about $50 miles
above tho city OF New Orleans. lying
hotWeen 81 and 31A degrees q North
latitude. Tho Red rlvee. e9ords at
present the principal means OF com
munloatlon With Nav Os1eans. with
which city tho chial COMMERCIAL %.
lations Of our people o1lst. Tue !el'
10y OF Red river and ~ tfte9AtIees
which permeate q. considerable POI.
ton az the Parish, .coneiSt OF . r1oh
olluvlop, Unsurpassed BY any 49,
ton OF the country IN productive
neoo. and Rad liver being nAvl9eole
bY steamboats,. With rare e1cepttoeos
throuahQut tho whole yoas, ahocde,
&C present. facilities for reaching
| markets With abort delay. The o.
| luvisl bottoms boarding on ked river
and Ito main tributaries. are general
| II cleared 20 q considerable a2tent.
and while on account Of the ecoyCity
! Of labor. many OF thee lands Ar
now out OF actual cultivation, they
sro Ill susceptible 81 profitable cul.
ture.s with slight outlays OF expense
and work, and many Of these deetrar
bio lands Gan be purchased g yssy
Low figures: the abundance OF euIter
bic timber 10 their Immediate neigh
borhood, enable propsietors and !ee'
eeos to construct tho nooe1oeyy I'M
nrovamAnta. hulldln0a. fences. &C.,
With CompoSottvoly little expense.
OF the river. lands, what AZ kpoW1
| q The hill or ptueWood lands. oeel
rare Inducements totnoee VINO Rse!es
the uplands TO tho alluvion. IT.
uplands 40 cut (n 81 djrocstone !lto
beyous. creeks and drained lekeo:;
The latter being tho Pr0voncel and
9oanloh lakes. both OF which 90 On
10 line OF tho Nov Orleans Pe,lnt
] railroad, and within ton miles OF W
Tor transportation 70 New Orleans
The coll OF these bay0uS and creek
u @ productive % that OF tho S!vee!!
The lake lands are much oou9nt q
| TOT. particularly tho 6panl10 n1e
Vhjoh be- been known % peoooeo
boloe OF cotton to tho aCeo. Almoe
Invariably the uplauds extend W1tol
q ~ miles Of the main fivers %
10 within Q short dl1toaoo @! -
leooce streams: they abound WIN o.
and almost inexhau0t1blo Soto0e 9
on The VaEieeieo Of timber peculiar Y
! thls locality, such - pine o. etee
oi9e. ook, hickory, beochs oeoeSs u
c11Gk: L. &c.. and the network 9
|boyouo thros,ghout the pesl9es 81 /,
defo 3 1a1y 70 9et the most vAlaeot
lumber 70 temuneIos!No me<Hco
OF The coil Of tho upland poeeaoo. y
psodacsivsasss. aud adaptehility !
VARIOUS producte. 10 eneu cPes
Iheeooftee. The hlll or ponewoo
lands abound 10 excellent epeIn9
Vhioh ofe 20 b found 10 almost ~
~ locality. The ARA OF the pos1e
81 N0AchitocheO y about 16oO 0qoe.
mije0, Or ninety.0lx thouAnd eq9al
ocreo. i has q IiyeI mont OK oo
I'M lands On both oide0 Of about
miles on Red river proper. t ~ i,
!. |nogto and south, ana a0out ~ ma l
> on Cane river, which runs neef
lporallol with tho former. q ooeVce
~ distance Of about 6 miles, I
oVoeo00 width from eo0t % Weoe
!. 1910 twenty -four mile. Il = oet
!. metod ,thoS leoo taea, one.te0th
n 10 ojluyial river lAnda which can
: culfaVoted aro now under plo0. -
hoe; Of that, howsvee. - valts 40!
hereafter. - as 81. "a r. y M ~
no bottom lands have tntlespel
Cd omoog thsm. large cypress bsaksl
Welding large supplies oS-VoSool
eypeose :tjmbee. aul8eleot 0ee q
tot the unas Of 4uf peoplAs
ioldlnR Quantitlea tor 6&poStatt ~
Sale elsewhere Lam Q1aetitie
tho AnQsesbingl1e ~ n eseyj
= taSm6Ga lGth0 r0veocl IN i
otChi0 ddIfng thelf eu6l616t .
WinNlg leaute.. and so6 - taIs ~
ket. f(l 3r
NINHnAI0. -
No complete geological survey
tho State has yet been mades ana
afo. th0ref0ro. unable to give any