The Russellville Democrat., 1882-09-07
YELL COUNTY.

To the south of Pope and on ths
 south bank of the Arkansas river i:
 Yell county, as rich in agriculture resources as any area of equal ex tent in the state. The county is about the same in area as Pope and the character of the surface about the same, with, probably, the excep- ton that it has more river bottom land. In no county of Western Ar kansas can richer or more product i've soil, both bottom and n.,ia..d, 5t found thar Ii, siii, especially in the valleys bordering on the La Fourche and Petit Jean rivers, and Dutch, Iron and other creeks. These vast bodies of land yield abundantly of all the grains, grasses, vegetables, | fruits, and cotton, i'll sh0rG they are unexcelled for fertility. The up- lands are also remarkably productive and yield remunerative crops. Water is abundant for stock and household purposes, and of the best quality. The timber is plentiful and of the same character as that in this coun- ty. Fine coal abounds, paying mine having been opened near Dardanelle, which yields an abundance of cheap, good fuel. There is no better stock raising country than Yell county, and the energetic herdsman can reap large returns from that branch of business. The people of Yell are ablaze with educational enthusiasm, good schools having been established in every neighborhood, and there, as in Pope, the five-mill school tax is cheerfully voted, Nowhere in the State can be found thriftier class of people than those who live within the borders of our nelghbor, and this is plainly indicated by their neat farm houses, barns and out buildings, finely titled farms, pleth oric corn cribs and granaries, or chards in which the trees are groan- ing beneath the weight of the i'm mense crops of golden fruit. In word, Yell county is well worth the attention of immigrants. It pos sesses all the religious, educational and other moral advantages of Pope, and many are seeking homes there The principal town is
 DARDANELLE,
 and it is place of about two thous- and inhabitants. The society is ex cellent, and much attention is given to education, public school of high grade and superior select school having been opened for ten months each year for several years past The Methodists, Baptists, Cumber- land Presbytcrians, Old School Pres byterians and Episcopalians each have commodious and neat houses of worship, in which service is regular ly held. A large and splendidly equipped blaming mill, q wagon and plow factory, two flour mills, and several smaller establishments con stitnte the industrial interests of the place. The county being large is divided into two judicial circuits, the courts for one of which is held in Dardanelle, making it place of considerable importance There are two splendid weekly newspapers published in Dardanelle, to wit: The Independent Arkansian, owned and edited by Dr. M. M. Mcclure, presi- dent of the Arkansas Press Associa- tion, journalist of acknowledged ability, and the Post owned and ed ited by G. R. Williams and Horatio Bernard, two as popular gentlemen and active newspaper men as can be found in the State. The land office of the Dardanelle government land district is located at this place, and the immigrant will find Col. T. M. Gibson, register, and Capt. z. L. Wise, receiver, two as clever gentle men as one will meet in a year's travel. oa
 There is no town or county in the state that offers more desirable in ducements to the immigrant, farmer and mechanic, than does Dardanelle and Yell county.