Nevada County picayune., 1885-10-15
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
A Description of Its Location, SOIL Cfilnate, SchoslS, Churches, Railroads. Water-COurses,
 Timber and Agric:iltur-
 al Resources.


 al Resources.
 EyADA COUNTY was created by | anact ofthc Gen ral assembly, March | 20. lS7l, and is situated in the southwestern bait of the stntr, being bounded on the cast by Ounchita county. on the northeast ana .,arth Ls ClsFI. from which 1t Is separated hv Little Missouri riyc", on the west oN Iiempstcad, and on the south by Columb'"' If has an area of about 61O sluarc miles. ana in 1880 had q population ot l"'o'' iiih"p'- tuDts.
 The surf,cp of the country S gonr"slly un- duLuiugr. few places hcing too broken Tor rr,ltiyntinp. or too level for drainage. The sorahern half of the county covers the apex of the wntcr->hcd between the Ouacihta and Red river; the small streams on the cast side nowinr to the tributaries of the Onachl- ta. and those on the west to the tributaries ol tho Rcd. All the branchc, and rlvulcts bi the northcrn part flow to the Little Missouri pr,iri De Anne. a beautiful lltilc inland prairie. .cven miles long from east to west. Is situated in the northcrn part "t the county closely surrounding thctow wn ot Prescott on the cast, north and west
 water-Courscs.
 The principal watcr-coursc l3 Littie MS souri river. n beautiful stream N k''h 4laS il, source in the Caddo mountains. Y flows in n southeastcrly direction, forming the boundary line between Nevada and tlArk coun,i ics for d long distance. Before the rdil- roads penetrated this section, small steamers navigated the river during the winter ana sprinn sen.ons. The land along tHe margln ot the river ts fertile and exceedingly well timbercd. The bottom is d valuable stock ran,rc. 1t has lew lagoons and haNous, ana is not considered sickly stream The lerre Rouge creek k the next largest stream. II crosses the nerthern part of the county from the west to the cast, clnptylnS into the Lltie Missouri river. The Cancy creek drains the central portion of the county, flowing into the Little Missouri river from the west, south of the Tcrre Rouge. The Bodcaw Is q small crcel, in the southwestern portion @ county. The land bordering on It Is very fertile. It flows south into the Dorcheat, d tributary of Rel river.
 Railroads.
 ! The S!. Lo;Ts. Iron Mouitain X Southern Railway, the great Southern route from St' Louis and the North and East through Ar kan s,S and TcNas to Mexico and tail.orllI', penctratcs the northern part of the county, entering it on the east side near b"uSht"h ! station. and going out on the west at Entmet, a ChoctaN Railroad, proposed road now be- ing surveyed from Il point on the ouaehIta river. near Camden to point on the inc "i inc Choctaw Nation, near Ultima lhuic, must, by a stipulation in the charter, pass by the town of Prescott, and through the county from the southeast to tue northwest.
 Soil and Climate.
 The soil of the solther;l and southwcStcra porli ins of the county k sandy loatn, well adapted to corn, cottan, ppt.:tocs, regetaoic- and .srapes. Fine springs abound m this lc- zion. int central and western portlons the soil i- gray dirt, f'rt.lc and susceptible oi easy ctltiNuti ,n. The soil uf the northern part of the county is varied, but is mostly red dirt and very fertile. The soil "i Prarl, De Anne i- gray dirt. and adapted to smd grain aud grasses, the native gr''ss on th' open prnire yic.oinG Iro,n tWoto three ton .i fna hay lrr acre. There Is some N"ry hae black had on the southwest side of the prat ric. though the red drt land rrrdont'na:cs The climate k ,aiubripus and healthlui. Inc thermometer ytr goes baioN six degree above zero iu the winter. and rang''S tr"H 90 to l00 in ,hc shade dlrius the sunmc montAs.
 The county is remarkably well timbcrcd l., most valuable woods are yellow pine, cy cr, variety of oak and hickory, sweet, hl"rl and tuprl1 gum. mtplc. mulberry, a,u, val nut, biryh, beech, s> camore. linn. G"ewo'd hackbcrry, holly, red and water clln, Der smmoa, cypress, beach, b"iS dare, b!w locust, honey locust, wild cherry, red bu and tN-sat;a>.
 Prodlct'.
 , The principal procucts.rr1 corn, cotton wheat. on.4 ryr.. barley, milct, broom corn , ri l. in fact vegetables of nearly every Vuriet rrow here to perfection. Experienced trul . brewers assure Us tiMt we hazard nothing l saving that no locality caa grow grc'tc variety of fruit, and c. gHcater perfection than Nevada county. The %nill climate Q . this couuty, neither too c,ld Ill winter ho |. too mot iu summer, i> peculiarly adapted t the culture of the grape.
 Stock i.aisirg.
 Noportion of the Southwe,t is bette adaptcI to stock raising than Ncveda county On Prairie De Anne and i.lonG the streams Cattlc. horses and mule, thrive and do wcl he year round on the Iativc grasses Hog can Ia, raised here almost without any car at all. Tl,y tatten readily in the fall upoi the abundance of EIast in thc woods.
 schools and Churchet. Nevada c,na'y is liyil,l for lucltioaa purposes into fJ-.r school districts. Prof. -l W. Couscr, thc county examiner, i mos ctc cnt officer. and has tLe system of ire common schools in good working ordc throughout the county The free schools ar maintained bv stt,c toy of onc-ifth of onC rcr cent, pnll ttx "f S' ou evci ;nase citi . zen over tho age of twenty -onc h,nrS, looa option tax. winch cannot exceed unc-halt 0 one per cent interest on thc permanct schoo fund. ana tncs and tortciturcs in certain eases. There aFc crclitablc churcGe> in ai most every n.'ighborhood in the county. lh' leading denominations are the Mcthodlsis Missionary and r. imi,ivc Rap its, Prr.by- tesian>. Cumberland l'rcsbytrrmn,. Chri tiatr