The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-08

out Of the earth. and amer notsing q i.v am.
entirely disappear i
The country south o. The Ridge n
rolling and fertile. and 10 undariaid with -
stone that frequently co@9 wishin few inca.
Of the surface There are no lakes or s,r,.,...
running wafer. There are Asgreas numb !.
natural wells that appear a. 4hsurh tAev v...
cut BY the hand Of man through solid rock H..
are round. or nearly .. varying in si.e iton !.
few inches to forty FEET or more in diameter ,,s
from few feet TO forty or more 10 the eds. =
the waier-fsh are ireqaenily found in The l,,v.
est - the water 10 clear and cool. Then a..
number of caves OF considerable size. bu, Ia.
never been explored to zee bon Ear they exteod
under the earth L
The pine lands produce about Is busbe,. ~
corn per acre 4 little manure and GOOD cnl,;
vation win yield more than doable that; co,,o,
about bale 70 two acres, sometimes three M
land rice from 10 10 90 bushels per acre: oa,.
and rye are raised in considernSle quantities bu,
I was unable TO learn the yied per acre; sup.r.
cane does well, and is . very profitable crop:
great variety Of fine vegetables are raised ana
shipped TO northern markets there are mum.
Der Of small vineyards in the county, and some
excellent wine 10 made from The grapes ,he,.
are quite Q number Of small orAnge groves and
strange to say, they are nearly all planted BY ,hs
hands of women; il Is . Gne country for peache.
and pears The people are Just beginning to
find out what great variety IF fruits and vege
tables they can raise, and everybody seems de,ss.
mined TO have an orchard Of u kinds OF fruit.
Turpentining has become quite an indus.
try. and there are several large iurpentine farm,
in the county that are reported to be very profit.
able Il.
The Suwannee river 10 navigable for small
steamboats, to the crossing &c the Jacksonville
Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, and for large
steamers TO Rowland's BluG, near the southern
corner of the country. The riyer frequently has
rocky bluffs and bottoms, and many fine springs
are TO be seen along the bsnks, and some rich
lands ~
The population of the county in 1850. VAST.
$40, of which 4,16s were white and s.2ls were
black. Judging from the number Of immigrants
that have gone into the county this past fall and
winter, The white population raust now be about
5000. !.
The Circuit Court calender for 1880 had IS
criminal, 80 civil and - chancery cases on docket
Live Oak, the county seat, Is at the junction Of
the Savannah, Florida and Western and the
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroads
and at the halfway point between Tallahassee
and Jacksonville The sur Dunding county is
pine woods, with sandy soil. Clay crsps out in
many places, and could be made very valuable
fov 1ra dino tha efrnofr NJ voJs Tha eo;l look.
TO be poor bat with little manure and good
cultivation produces excellsUt crops. There are
a number of market gardens In the vicinity and
great quantities of vegetablel are shipped from
this point TO northern markets. It Is claimed
that Live Oak has population Of 800. There
are IS general stores, drug stores, billiard sa
looms newspaper, The Bulletin" al printed
at home, lawyers, 2 physicians, hotels, 2 saw
and grist mills. 2 cotton gins, turpentine dis
tillery, 8 churches-Baptist Methodist and Pres
byterian good school-house and schools, Q black
smith. wagon, Q boot and shee and gun shops
a two-story framed court house, Jail, several
respectable store buildings antt number of nice
residences The town is spread over good deal
Of ground. The inhabitants ale kind and course-
Gus, and seem determined to make Live Oak
nice little city.
Houston is 6 miles east Of Live Oak, op-the
railroad 1t is surrounded by good lsome say
the best in the county, farming country There
are some beautiful lakes In the vicinity contain
ing an abundance of excelleIt fab. There are
some fine springs near town. 1t contains good
depot building, 2 stores. aAdrng store. church.
school-house and physician. No liquor is sold
80 a. II. "a = TO-
Wslborn is 12 miles east Of Live Oak 1t con-
tains stores, 1 drug store; physicians, Q
churches Methodist and Baptist q grist mill and
cotton gin and good school house and school.
There is rather nice country around the town
and some fne hammock lanes. There are sew
eral beautiful lakes in the vicinity that afford
excellent fishing Quite nuuaber of people from
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, have settled at and
near the town.
Ri1ford, miles north Of Live Oak, contains2
large turpentine dissilleries a!store and postOf,
fee.
Paddock is ) miles south OF Live Oak, and co.,
nected with d" tram road or wooden railroad.
1t contains general store, 9 trpentine distiller
les, grist mill and cotton gin,
Twelve miles west of Live Oak on the banks
of the Suwannee river, is the site of the once
grand little city of Columbia 1t was once q
stirring little place. put on metropolitan airs and
wanted to be the territorial aid State capital Of
Florida Being at the head ofnavigation on the
Suwannee river its citizens considered that must
become the commercial emporium for . large
section of country. Her people neglected to i'm
prove the advantages that nature had given them,
erected no manufactures, gave no encouragement
to industries and educated mechanics and labor
ing men. consequently had nothing to sustain her
when the hand of the destroyer came. and she
fell beneath the blows A big sweet orange tree,
said TO be the largest in the Ssate) an old build
ing or two. and some earth works is all there Is
to mark the spot where once stood the grand lit
tie city. q
In conclusion l viii say, I rHthcr like 4uwan-
nee county and love her people. They are 50
kind, generous and cosmopolitan Their noble
natures are beginning to tell, and good people
from all sections of the Union IRE seeking homes
among them. FL. G. RRPEY
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