The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-01-03
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= inteFFRpaed generous Gulf bFeszes
= during spring, simmer and xInter,
q diaaipsie The extremes of excessive
q beat and cold Which are opprssziva
: and singing % soaher portiOBsasf orr
u country So grateful Is is climate
Y Shat man can &c III his shirt-slesEes
jail the wear and vegetation IS not az
resaed.
The green grasses fnrnihh food for
: stock throughout The 4inlrr monshs,
and enables uur butchers 10 furnish
!. Us tFssh, fat beef at Eli seasons from
our pTaiTiss and IN our pine woods.
Though her lands are not. perhaps,
90 fertile As these. totbe found m the
river pasishss- ample compensation -
10 be found in inc fact that they are
Z not subject 10 the devastation 81 over
flows and the mary obstacles Io5a
, continuous agricultural pursuit. 50
prevalent elsewhere. ..
To the nss settler. ehoice Is Hi
hand iB being left TO SATISFY himself
in has selection Of tirubeTed OF prairie
land, IL establishing 2 nome. Tns
different Typographical featnres fur. /
ther permits one IN settling upou !
hiliy or ieEel, has land, al! prairie, al I
wood, o. part prairie and part wood, /
As choice may indlestc The charac. /;
ter Of the soil and miidness Of eli
innate, further permits Inc sgriculaurist b
10 Hse his own seiecsion a. 10 what 20 tl
plant, and aiInost when 10 plan.- in 4
field or garden. The soil being = Z
Light loan, is sssF Of manipulation. a 4
good poay breaking san1aeEe per .iay, ia
and eulsisasing donbie as much IN .
corn, cotton, cane or sorghum. and ]
potatoes. Il
Tns territory nov composing the 1
parishes Of Caicasieu ana Cameron !
vas, a. one Zine, all CaleasIeus. The C
elimination Of that TERRITORY, nov Il
composing Cameron parish, largely {
Eeduced Caicasiea's are and ca, j. il
OF from tbe Gull Of Mexico. AIS
preSeu. Caieaaien as bounded or She
North by Vernon parish. ard Tor.l p
aud last By Rapides aud :. Landry /
pariesnes aud baYon Neapiqus and 5,
the MeEmeblan river or tine South
bv Cameron parish, and Wesl by the
Sabine river, embracing q total area
Of 1894 acres, Or 1865 square
miles hence, larger than either the 81
State Of Rhode Island or Delaware.
and larger than theyskingdom Of Be- "a
GUM. -
OF this immeuse area, aboul one g
hall is timbeTed and the other half ii
prairie lis principal streams within hi
lis boundary arc the CaIcasien and e'
Houston riSer, or Westfork Q f the Cal ~ ~,
casieu, Beekwortu Hickory Branch. in
Whiskeyehitto, Bundick's, Ten Mile, d,
Six Mile, Barnes, Sugar and Dry Vi
Greeks, Serpent, SehOupiquc, Dinde, y
Lacasine and Engjish Dayous, all Of H.
which empty into ihe Caieasieu. ex- r.
eept the Laeasine, and furnish about
200 mics Of Bayigabie water. Beside Dt
these there are many o.her small e :.
streams too numeTous 10 mention. q,
The Caieasisn river, the largest. has &C
IL origin, north Of the parish and 81
Running soush, separates the parish II
almost iRto two equal parts. The -
gidened points Of ihe riger Eorm lakes b
Little, Mos and Big Lake. u
They are all beautiful sheets Of water; c.
but Lake Charles, not only being tbe " "
most attractive, is she most important, a
for the reason that on its banks are
located the iOwH Of its name OIL the oil
eass side, and Furnishing village u
West Lake Charles Oh its vest side. =
Ihe PFedominating Timber, By far, 4
Is yeiie" pine, only Limited pOr1ien a
being hard timber The lands covered Il
sith hard wood are called 4'harD, 9 2
mock" lands, and are deemed quite !,
fertile, though REoHad Sagarto~n ihe 1,
pine lands are quite productive. Prai. S
RE lands are yafied as TO altitude and y
fertility, the high rolling portions and !
fat lands, the ProdaciiEeness of both !
Of which compare isForRbIy gith all 0
other paris Of our State 1
The timber line begins ia tile north II
eastern corner Of the parish, and !"
trends ina AeuthwesteFly direction 10
Lake Charles, then follows down the
Galeasieu river on its east side about r
two miles. Then lEaEersing the river 4
BY frequent authorizations, with a gen .
ersl lrending enthusiastically, joins I
the Sabine river timber, and descend =
ing that stream about two miles from ],
it, ceases at the south boundary Of h
the parish Itwill thus be seen that a
the entire southern part or prairie Fer- Z
ton, is exposed TO an uninterrupted :
breeze from the Gall, which furnishes :
to the Inhabitants the mosl grslefuI Il
and refreshing relief from summer c
heat g
The knowledge Of the mineral re- !,