Nevada County picayune., 1886-09-29
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS. A Description of It's Location Sio'' Climate, Schools, Churches, Railroads. Water-COurses,
 Timber and Agricultur-
 aI Resources.

NTEVADA COUNTY was created by
 IN anact oft General assembly, March 70 1871, and is situated in the southwestern no,t of tho state. heinz bounded on the east bv Olachita county, on the northeast ana north by Clark, from which it IS separated by Little Missouri river, on the west bF Hampstead, and on the south by Coiumhia: It has an area of about G70 square miles; and in 1880 had population of l3,O0o thh"p'- tants.
 Topography
 The surface of the country is generally un- dulating; few places being too broken ,,, Tor cultivation. or too level for drainage. The southern half of the county covers the apex of the watershed between the Ouachita and Red rivers; the small streams on the east side flowing to the tributaries of the Ounch- ta. and those on the west to the butarleS ot the Red All the branches and rlvuletS oi the northern part flow to the Little Missouri. Prairi De Anne. a beautiful little inland prairie. seven miles long from east to west, Is situated in the northern part of the county, closely surrounding the town of Prescott en the east, north and west.
 Water-Courses.
 The principal water-eourse is Little Mis- souri river, beautiful stream which has its source in the Caddo mountains. It flows in southeas;ery direction, forming the boundary line between Nevada and Clark counties for 4 long distance. Before tine rail- roads penetrated this section, small steamers navigated the river during the winter and spring seasons. The land along the margin of the river Is fertile and exceedingly well tmbered. The bottom is valuable stock range It has few lagoons and bayons, and is not considered a siclIy stream The Terre Rouge creek is the next largest stream. It crosses ihe northern part of the county from the west to the cast emptying into the Little Missouri river. The Cuey creek drains the central portion of the county. flowing into the Little Missouri river from the west, south of the Terre Rouge. The Bodcaw iaa small creek ia the southwestern portion of county. The land bordering on 1t is very fertile. 1t flows south into the Derchcat, q 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 sas and Texas to Mexico and California. penetrates the northern part of the county, entering it on the east side near Boughton station, and going out on the west at Emmet, distance of fifteen miles The Ouaehita X l Chocta% Railroad, proposed road now be- ing surveyed from point on the Ouacinta i river. near Camden. to a point on the line of 1 the Choctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule. must by a stipulation in the charter, pass by i tEc town of Prescott. and through the county ] from the southeast t5 the northwest.
 Soil and Climate.
 i The soil of the southern and southwestern portions of the county is sandy lnum, well adapted to corn, cotton, potatoes, vegetables and grapes. Fine springs abound in this re- i gion. In the central and western portions the soil i- gray dirt, fertile and susceptible of easy cultivation. TIe soil of the northern part of the county i@ varied, but f, mostly red dirt and very fertile. The soil ef Prairie De Anne is efay dirt, and adapt~d t1 .na1l 1 grain and grasses, the native grass on the i open prairie yielding from tUg t5 three tens of fine hay per acre. There i- some very fine black land on the southwest side of the prai- rie, though the rcd dirt land prclominatcs i The climate is salubrious a@d heathful. The i thermometer never zoe. below, six degrees above zero in the winter. and ranges from l 90 to 100 in the shade during the summer months.
 | Timber.
 | The county is remarkably well timbcrcd | Its most valuable woods are yellow pine, ey- i cry variety of oak and hickory, sweet, black and tuPeIo gum. maple, mulberry, ash, wal i nut, Glrch, beech, sycamore, linn, do.Woed, | bacNberry, holly, rcd aad water elm. per shannon, cypress, beach, boi, dare, black locust, honey locust, wild cherry, red bud and saSsafra,.
 Products.
 1 The principal products are corn, cotton, wheat, out, rye, barley, miilct broom corn. sorghum, sweet and Irish potatoes, turnips, in fact vegetables of nearly every variety grow here to perfection. Experienced fruit growers assure Us that we hazard nothing in saving that no locality can grow greater variety oftruit, and to greater perfection, | than Nevada county. The genial climate ef too hot in summer is peculiarly adapted to the cultare of tho grape.
 Stock Raising,
 Noportiou of the Southwest is better adapted to stock raising than Neycda county. On Prairie Dc Anne and along the streams, cattle, horses and mules thrive and dc we'll the year round on the native grasses. Hogs can be raised here almost without ans care at all. They iatteu readily in the fall upon the abundance of mast in the Woods.
 schools and Churches.
 Nevada county is divided for educational J. \, Congcr the county examiner, is a most ettici cnt officer, and has thc system of free common schools in good working order throughout the county The free schools are maintained by state tax of onc-Gfth of uHc per cent, poll tax of Sl oD every mnls citi-| zen over thc ageof twcnty-o1c years. local option tax, which cannot exceed Onc-halr of one per cent interest on thrpormaueat school fund, and fines and iortciturc- in certain eases. Thcroarc crcIitablc churches in nl-I most every ucighborhood in thc county. The leading denominations are the Meihodi,t4. Missionary and Primitive Eapti.t., Fr,lby teriRnl, Cumberland Prcsbytar,au,, Chri,tmu. and Episcopal-.
 The Graded Free schools
 Of Prescott for thcwhitr- are pronounced bv the State Superintendent of PnbI.c Iu,truc- tion and others, the best in the state. eycept- ing those of Little Rock only, and visitors from the Northd ecmre them cqual to the schools in towns of like size in any of inc. Northern states. Besides the heoltby and ae- ccssihlo location, a moral and cutcrpri.ing towlb and amagnliacnt modern school build- irG with its seven large Hrll lighted and y,n- tllHtrd rooms. seated with the l. ..t foI6iu,r and lock desks aud hlI arranged to be heated |lth furnaces, we claim the special advau- tage of having an able and experienced Gcul- ty, large assortment of maps, globes and charts; chemical, bOtunical, philosophical. mathematical and astronomical apparatus. a large geological and chronological cabinet: a large and well selected library free to pu- plls; systematic pcnmauslip; frequent scicn- uhc lccturc,, excellent advautaQrs in musfn painting and dray-ipu.. y0ol r,f, .i,. ..,t,l ,l;