Nevada County picayune., 1886-02-24
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS. Prescription of Its Location, SOIL Climate, Schools, Churches, Railroads. Water.COurses,
 Timber and Agricultur-
 al Resurces.

Timber and Agricultur-
 al Resurces.
 NvEyADA COUNTY WAS created by l IN anact of the Gen. ra assembly. March 10 1871. and is ,itlated in the southwestern nort of the state, being bounded on the east 1 by Ouachita county. on tie northeast ana north by Clark. from which it i. separated Inv Little Missouri river. on the west oy liempstesd. and an the south by Columbia. IL has an area of about G70 square miles, ana in 1880 had population of l3,000 ihhaoi' tants.
 Topography.
 The surface of the country isgcnerslIy uh- dulatiuy; few places hpiHg too broken Tor cultivation or toO level for drslDagc. Ire southern half of the county covers the apex of the watershed between the Ouachta and Red rivers; the small streams on the en"t side flowing to the tributaries of the Ouachi- ia and those on the west ;o the tributaries of thp Rcd. All the branches and rivulets Of the nortbern part flow to the Little Missouri. prairi De Anne. beautiful little inland prairie. seven milcs long from east to west. IS situated in the northern part ot the county, 1 closely surrounding the town of Prescott on the east north and west.
 1 Water-Courses.
 The principal water-coursc Is Little Mis- souri river, a beautiful stream hich has it's source in the Caddo mountains. It flows in A southeasterlv direction, forming the boundary line between Nevada and Clark counties for long distance. B"foreth the rail roads pcnctrated this section, small steamers nsvigatcd the river during the winter and spring seasons The land along the marCin of the river Is fertile and exceedingly well timherod. The bottom IS aNaluabie stock range. IL has few lagoons and bayous. and is not considered sickly stream. The Tcrre Rouge creek is the next largest stream. It crosses the northern part of the county from the west to the cast, enptying into the Little Missouri river. Tho Caney creek drains the central portion of the county, flowing into the Little Missouri river from the west, south of the Terre Rouge The Bodcsw IS 4 small creek in the southwestern portion of county. The land bordering on it is very fertile. It flows seuth into tile Dorcheat, A tributary of Red river.
 Railroads.
 The 5t. Louis. Iron Mountain < Southern Railway, the great Southern route from St. Louis and the North and East through Ar kansas and Texas to Mexico and California. penetrate> the northern part of the county. entering il on the east side near B"ughton stnl ion. and going out on the west at hnlmet. a distance ot fifteen miles, The Ouachta X ChoctaY Railroad. q propo-ed road now be ing surveyed from point ou the OuacEitn river. near Camden, tu point on the line oi T the Choctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule, must. bv stipulation in the charter, pass by the town of Prescott, and through the county from the southeast to the northwest.
 Soil aud Climate.
 Il, b,, f | portions of the county is sandy loaln, ws!l adapted to corn. cotton, potatoes. vegetables and grapes. Fine springs abound in this re- gon In the central and western portions the soil is gray dirt, fertile and susceptible of easy cultivation. The soil of the northern part of the county is varied. bat is mostly red diet and very fertile. The soil of Prairie De Anne is glsv dirt. and adapted to small grain and grasses, the native grass on the Ipen prairie yielding from two to three tons of fine hay per acre. Thorc is some very inc black land on the southwest side of the prai- rie, though the red dirt land prcdominntcs The climate is salubrious snd hea,thfIl. The thermometer never goes below siY degrees above zero in the winter. and ranges from 90 to loo in the shade during the sumner months.
 Timber.
 The county is remarkably well timhercd Its most vullmhl" woods are yellow pine. cv- cry variety of oak snd hickory, sweet. black and tu,elo gum, maple. mulberry, a,n, wal inut, birch. beech, sycamorr, linn. togwuod hack berry, holly, red and water elm. per -immon, cypress, beach, bois dare, black locust, honey locust, wild cherry, rci bud and sassatrus.
 Products.
 The principal product. are corn, cotton wheat, oats rye. barley, milet, broom corn sorghum, sweet and Irish potntoes, turnip- in fact vegetables of nearly oycry variety grow hero to perfection. Experienced fruit growers assure us that Nc hazard nothing iu saving that no locality cun grow greater variety of fruit, and tn greater perfection thaa Nevada county. The genial climate of this county, neither too cold in winter nor too bot in summer, i> peculiarly adapted to the culture of the grape.
 stock Raising.
 Noportion of the Southwest is better adapted to stock raising than Ncv"ia county. On Prairie De Anne and along the streams, cattle horses and mules thrive and do well the wear round on the native grasses. Hogs can be raised here almost without any care at all. They lattcn readily in the fall upon the abundance of mast in the woods.
 Schools and Churches.
 Nevada county is divided for educational purposes into forty school districts. Prof ]. | w. COngcr, the county examiner, is a most cffici eut officer and has the system of free common schools in good working order throughout the county The free schools are maintained hv a .t,tc tax of onc-ifth of one per cent, poll tax of Sl on every male citi- zen over the agoof twcuty-One years, local option taY, which cannot exceed onc-half of one per cent interest on thr per neat school fund, and lines and turtrur, in certain eases. There are crcdtahlc churches in al- most every ncighborhooG in the county. The leading denominations arc the Mcthodists. Missionary and Primitive Baplist., Presby- terians. Cumberland Presbytrrians. Christians and Episc"pals.
 Tho Graded Free Schools Of Prescott for the whites are pronounced bv i the State Superintendent of i'nhlic Instruc- iion and others, the best in the s.atc. except ing those If Little Rock only. and visitors : from the Nurthd ccl,rc thcm equal to the schools in t.wns of like size in any of the ! Northern states. Resides the healthy and sc- cc.sihl" loration, moral and entnrprisng town, and amsEuiiccnt modern school build ing with it's seven large well lighted and ven tilatcd rooms, seated with the b st folding and lock desks and all arranged to be heated with furnaces, We claim the special advan- tage of having au able and experienced facul- { ty, large assortment of maps, globes and charts; chemical, botanical, philosophical mathematical and astronomical apparatus: X large geological and chronological cabinet: large and well selected library free to pu- pils; systematic penmanship; frequent sc;cn- tiic lecture, excellent advantages in music.