Nevada County picayune., 1886-01-14
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS. A Description of It's Location, SOIL Climate, Schools, Churches, Railroads. Water.Courscs,
 Timber and Agricultur-
 al RcSurces.

NVEVADA COUNTY was created by
 \ m act of the General assembly, March I0 1871. and is situated in the southwestern , part of the state, being bounded;on the east by Ouschita county, on the portheAst and north by Clark, from winch it IS separated by Little Missouri river, "n tsr wst oy Hempstead, and on the south by ColnEnhts: It has sn area of about 670 square nlles; ana in 1880 had a population oi l0'V' hl'iHpl- tants. 1
 Topography.
 The surface of the country ia sgcnerally un- dulsting; few places being too broken for cultivation, or too level for drainage. The southern half of the county covers the apex of the watershed between the Ouachita ana Red rivers: the small streams on the ctst aide flowing to the tributaries ot the Ouachi- ta. and those on the west to the tributarlcr of the Red. All the branches ''and rivulets oi the northern part flow to the Little Missouri, Prair De Anne. a beautiful little inland prairie, seven miles long from east to west, Is situstcd in the northern part ot the county, closely surrounding the to VII of Prescott on the enat north and west.
 Water-Courses.
 The principal water-coursc is Little Mis- .ouri river, beautiful stream which has it's source in the Cuddo mountains. It huws In a aouthea,tcrlv direction, forming the boundary line between Nevada and Clark counties for il long distance. Before the rail- roads penetrated this section, small steamers navi,,ntnd the river during the winter and spring seasons. The land along the margin ot the river ts fertile and exceedingly well timberod. The bottom is valuable stock rnngp IL has few lagoons and bayous. and is not considered sckly -troam. The Icrrc Rouge creek is the next largest stream. It crosse- the northern part ot the county from the west to the e,At, elnptying into the Little Missouri rivcr The Clancy creek drains the central portion of th' county, flowing 1 into the Little Missouri river from the wet, south of the Terre Rouge. The Bodcaw s small creek in the southwestern portion of ! county. The land bordering on it is very fertile. IL aows south into the Dorcheat, tributary of Red river.
 Railroads.
 The Si. Loris, Iron Mountain < southern
 Railway, the great southern route from St- l Louis and the North and East through Ar 1 kM, sas md Texas to Mexico and California. pelotrates the northern part of the county, entering it on the east side near iS'ughton
 stat ion, and going out on tho wust at Eminet, distance of fifteen miles. The Ounchitl < 1 ChoctnN Railroad, a proposed road now be- l ing surveyed from point on the OunchILn river, near Camden, to point on the llne "i ! the Choctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule, must by a stipulation in the charter, pass by the town of Prescott and through the county from the southeast to the northwest. Soil and Climate.
 ] The soil of the southern and southwestern portions of the county is sandy loam, well adapted te corn, cotton, pot:to'-, vegetable, and grste.. Fine springs abound in this re- eaon. In the central and western portions tho soil is gray dirt, fertile and susceptible of easy cultivation. Tho soil of the northern part of the county is varied, but k motty red dirt and very fertile. The seil of Prairie De Anne i. gray dirt. and adapted to smnll grain and grasses, the native grass on the open prairie yielding from two to throc ton- of fine hay per acre. There Is some very fine black land on the suuthwset side of the prai- re, though the red dirt land pr"doinlnAte, The climate is saubri0us and healthtui. The thermometer never goes below six degrees above Zero in tho winter. and rHngOs from 70 to 100 in the shade during the summer months.
 Timber.
 Tho county i, remarkably well timbered. Its most valuable woods are yellow pine. cv- cry variety of oak and hickory. sweet, black and tupelo gum, maple. mulberry, aAn, wal nut, birch, beech, sycamore. linn, dog"ood, hacSbcrry, holly, rod and water elm. per simnon, cyprees, beach, bois dare, black locust honey locust, wild cherry, rei bud and saSsafrt.s.
 The principal products are corn, cotton, wheat, oats rve, barley, millrt broom corn, sorghum, sweet and lrlh potatoes, turnps, in fact vegetables of nearly every variety grow here to perfection. Experienced fruit grower. assure Il. that we hazard nothing in saving that no locality can grow s greater variety oftruit, and to greater perfection, than Nevada county. The genial climate 0 this county, neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summer, b peculiarly adapted to the culture of the grape.
 Stock Raising
 Nopnrtion of the Southwest is better | adapted to stock raising than Neveda county. ! On Prairie De Anne and along the streams. ! cattle, horses and mules thrive and do well | the year round on the native grasses. Hogs | can be raised here almost without any care | at all. They intten readily in the fall upon the abundance of mast in the woods.
 Schools and Churches.
 Nevada county ia divided fnr educational purpose, into forty school districts. Prof ]. W Congrr, the county examiner, is most effc opt officer, and has the system of free common schools in good working order throughout the county The free schools are by X stste tax of one-ilfth of one per cent, a poll tax of Sl on evory male citi zen over the age of twenty-one yenrs n local option taI, which cannot exceed onC-hAlf of one per cent intcre-, on the pcrmanent school fund, and fines and iorfeitGros in certain :ascs. There are crrditable churches in al most every neghborhood in the county. The e>ding denominations are the Mcthodists. Missionary and Primitive Rap.ists, l'rosby- erians. Cumberland Presbytor,ans, Christians md Episcopals.
 The Graded Free Schools If Prescott for the whites are pronounced by he State Superintendent of Public mstrIc- ion and others, the best in the state. erCcpt- ng those Little Rock only, and visitors rom the Northd ecare them equal r. the chools in towns of like size in any of the Northerr states, Besides tho healthy and ac- I 'essible lo1stion. a moral and entrrprising a own, and magnificent modern school build d ng with its seven large well lighted and ven l ilated rooms, seated with the best folding | md lock desks and all arranged to be heated with furnaces, ws claim the spccisl advan- age of having an able and experienced facul- / Y, large assortment of maps, globes and 7 'hrrts: chemical. hotsnicai. philosophical ' ! . ,.l