Nevada County picayune., 1886-02-17
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS ADescripticn of Its Location, soi'' Climate, Schools, Churches, Railroads, Water-CDurses,
 Timber and Agricultur-
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 [, has m area of about 670 square miles. anu in 1880 had population of iS,0D 'nhabi- tants.
 Topography.
 The surface of the country isgcneralIy m duIatiur; few places being too broken Tor cul,iyation. or too level for drainage. The southern half of the county covers the apex of the watershed between the OuaeInta ana Red rivers: the small streams on the east side flowing to the tributaries of the onachi- ia and those on the west to the tributarirs or the Red. All the branches ..and riymlets o' inc northern part flow to the Little Missouri; !; pr.iri Dc Anne. A beautiful little inland nroiri,. seven miles long from east to west, Is situated in the northern part ot the county closely surrounding the'n Yn of Prescott on the east, north and west.
 Water-Courses.
 The nrincipal water-course is Little Ms souri river. n beautiful stream N hiciI has fla source in the Caddo mountains. 1t fo"s in A southcastcrv direction, forming the boundary line between Nevada and Clark for long distance. Before the rall- roads pcnetratcd this section, small steamers navigated the river during the winter and spring seasons. The land along the marStn of the river ts fertile and exceedingly well tinbered. The bottom is q valuable stock range. It has few lagoon. and bayous. and is not considered sickly stream. The lerre Rouge creek is the next largest stream. IL crosses the northern part of the county from the west to the east, emptying into the Little Missouri river. The Caney creek drans the central portion of the county, flowing into the Little Missouri river from the west south of the Terre Rouge. The Bodcaw IS 2 small creek in the southwestern portion oi county. The land bordering on 1t is very fertile. It hows south into the Dorchcat 2 tributary of Red river.
 Railroads.
 The St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, the great Southern route from St Louis and the North and East through Ar kan sss and Texas to Mexico and California peretrates the northern part of the county entering it on the cast side ntnr Bnughton station, and going out on the west at ElnInct distance of fifteen miles. The Ouacmta ts ChoctaY Railroad. proposed road now be ing surveyed from point on tine Ounelhi' river. near Camden, to point on the Inc o the Choctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule must by a stipulation in the charter, pass bN the town of Prescott, and through the county from the southeast to the northwest.
 Soil and Climate.
 The soil of the southern and southwestern portion. of the county is sandy loam, wei adapted to corn, cotton, potatoes, vegetable and grapes. Fine springs abound in this rc zion. fn the central and western sortion the soil is gray dirt. fertile and susceptible O easy cultivation. Tho soil of the northcrf part of the county is varied, but is mostly red dirt and very fertile. The soil of Prslr De Anne s gray dirt and adapted to smal grain and grasses. the native grass oH t. open prairie welding from two to three ton of fine Eav per acre. There is some very la black land OH the southwest side of the prai ric. though the red dirt land prcdomulates The climate is salubrious and hcalthtul. Tn thermometer never goes be,oE six degree above zero in the winter. and ranges iron 20 to loo in the shade during the sunme months.
 Timber.
 Thr countr is remarkably well timherod Its most valuable woods are yellow pine. cv cry variety Of oak and hickory, sweet, nlacI aud up~1 gum. maple. mulberry, a,h, wal nut, birch, beech, sycamore, linn. d"gWoCd hack berry, holly, red and water elm. per simmon, cvprsss, beach, bois dare, hlnci locust honey locust, wild cherry, red bu' and saSsafras.
 Products.
 The principal products are corn, co:tor wheat, oats rye, barley, mlllet, broom corr sorghum, sweet and Irish potatocs, turnip' in fact vegetables of nearly every vnr,et grow here to perfection. Exp rienccd trui growers assure Us that we hazard nothing i saving that no locality can grow greate variety of fruit, and to greater perfection than Nevada county. The genial climate O this county, neither too cold in winter no too hot in summer, is peculiarly adapted t the culture of the grape.
 Stock Raising
 No portion of the Southwct is bette adaptcd to stock raising than NcvcGa county On Prairie De Anne sfId along the stream. cattle, horses and mules thrive and do wei the vcar round on the native grasses. Hog can be raised here almost without any car, at all. They lntten readily in the fall upoI the abundance of mast in the woods.
 Schools and Churches.
 Nevada county is divided for cducationa purposes into forty school districts. Prof. J W. Congcr, the county examiner, is mos etlici cnt officer hud has the system of free common schools in good working order throughout the county The free schools ar, maintained by state tax of one-ffth of ono per cent. poll tax of on every male citi zen over the ago of twenty-one years loca option tax, which cannot exceed One-hrlf o one per cent interest on the pcrmareat >choo fund, and fines and iorfciturtS in ccrtaii eases. There are crcditahlc churches in al- most every neighborh0od in the county. The leading denominations are the Mctholists Missionary and Primitive Baptists. prc,by- terians. Cumberland Prcsbytcrians, Christians and Episcopas.
 1he Graded Free Schools Of Prescott for tEe whites are pronounced hl the State Superintendent of FnbNc Iustruc ton anl others, the best in the state. except. ing those of fLittle Rock only, and vsitor, from the Northd cclare them equal to tho schools in L. awns of like size in any of tn, Northern states. Besides the healthy and ac cc.sible lo,ation, a moral and entorprising town. and magnificent modern school build, ing with it's seven large well lighted and ven tlated rooms, seated with the D St folding and lock desks and all arranged to be heated with furnaces, We claim the special advan. iagc of having 9r aI.; aG3 experienced tacul ty, A large assortment of maps, globes and charts; cheuical botanical. philosophical and astronomical apparatus: a large geological and chronological cabinet a large and well selected library free to pu- pils; systematic pennIaushp; frequent scicn- tifc lecture,, excellent advantages in music painting and drawing; vocal rrusic and calls themes as daily exercise, and an interest ing normal class for the cauing of teachers The enrolment during the present scolastic year runs up to near S00 pupils, and the daily attendance about 2S0.
 Post Ohocsi
 The county is reasonably well supplied with mail facilities, only Il few of the interior ueiShb1rhoods being remote from post of fees. The nost ntficcs in thn cnnitv nre