Nevada County picayune., 1886-01-21
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS
ADescription of Its Location, so'i' Climate, Schools, Churches,
 Railroads. Water-COurses,
 Timber and Agricultnr- al Resources.

N E.N . IN anact of the General assembly, March 30 1871. and is situated in the southwestern nort of the state, being bounded on the east by Ouachita county, on the northeast ana north by Clark. from which it is separated bv Little Missouri river, on the west by Hempstead. and on the south by Coiumhl';. It has m area of about Gro square IsiIes; and in 1880 had population of lS,O0o mh"o'' tants.
 The surface of the country Is isGenerally nh- dulatng; few places being too broken , for cultivation. or'tuo level for drainage. The southern half of tue county covers the apex of the watershed between the Ouachita and Red rivers; the small streams on the @tt side flowing to the tributaries of the Ouachi- ta. md those on the west to the tributaries ot the Red. All the branches ,and rivulets of the northern part flow to the Little Missouri; Prairi De Anne, beautiful little inland prairie. seven miles long from east to west, IS situated in the northern part Of the county closely surrounding the to VII of Prescott on the east, north and west.
 water-Courses.
 Tie principal water-course IS Little MS souri river. beautiful stream which has it's source in the Caddo mountains. It flows in southeastcrlv direction, forming the boundary line between Nevada and Clark counties for long distance. Before the rail roads penetrated this section, small steamer. navigated the river during the winter and spring seasons The land along the marglh of the river ts fertile and exceedingly vel timbtyed. The bottom is valuable stock, range l. has few lagoons and bayous, and is not considered Sickly stream. The Icrrt Rouge creek is the next largest stream. Ii crosses the northern part of the county from the west to the east, clnptying into the Llttlc Missouri river. The Caney creek drain, the central portion of the county, flowing into the Little Missouri river from the west south of the Terre Rouge The Bodcaw IS a small creek in the southwestern portion oi county. The land bordering on it is very fertile. It 66ws south into the Dorcheat 2 tributary of Red river.
 Railroads.
 The s. Louis, Iron Mountain ( Southern Railway, the great Southern route from St Louis and the North and East through Ar kans sas and TcXasto Mexico and California penetratcs the northern part of the county entering it on the east side noar Bonghton station and going out on the west at Emmet s distance of fifteen miles. The Ouachita 6 ChoctaH Railroad a proposed road now be- ing surveyed from point on the Ouachits river, near Cunden, to point on the llno oi the Choctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule must, by stipulation in the charter, pass by tho town of Prescott, and through tue county from the southeast to the northwest.
 Soil and Climate.
 The soil the southern and southwestcrn portions of the county is sandy laain, we'll adapted to corn, cotton, potatoes, vegetables and grapes. Fine springs abound in this re- zion. 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, but is mostly red dirt and very fertile The soil of Prairie De Anne is gray dirt, and adapted to small grain and grasses, the native grass on the open prairie yielding from two to three ton. of fine hay per acre. Thorc k some very fine black land on the southwest side of the prai- rie, though the red dirt land prcdominates The climate is salubrious and healthful. The thermometer never goes below six degrees above zero in the winter and ranges from 90 to l00 in the shade during the summer months.
 Timber.
 The col,ntv is remarkably well timhered It's most valuable woods arc yellow pine. ev- ery variety of oak and hickory, sweet, black and tupelo gum, maple. mulberry, ash, wal nut, birch, beeeh sycamore, linn. dogwo0d hackberry, holly, red and water elm. per simmon, cypress, beach, boH dare, blacs locust, honey locust, wild cherry, red bud and sassafras.
 Products.
 The principal prnducts are corn, cotton wheat, oats rye, barley, millet broom corn sorghum, sweet and Irish potatoes, turnips in fact vegetables of nearly every variety grow here to perfection. Experienced tru grower. assure us that we hazard nothing il saving that no locality can grow Grcate variety of fruit. and to greater perfection than Nevada county. The genial climate O this county, neither too cold in winter no too not in summer, is peculiarly adapted t' the culture of the grape.
 Stock Raising.
 Noporton of the Southwest is bette adapted to stock raising than Neveda county On Prairie De Anne and along the streams cattle, horses and mules thrive and do wei the year round on the native grasses. Hog can bc raised here almost without any CAT at all. They fatten 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. W. Conger. the county examiner, is mos etlici eut officer, and has the system of ire common schools in good working orde throughout the county The free schools ar i maintained by state tax of one-ffth Of ont 1 per cent, poll tax of Sl on every male citi | zen over the age of twcnty-oue ycars, a loca option tax, which cannot exceed onc-half O one per cent interest on the permanent schoo ! fund and fines and torfcitures in certaii cases. There are crcditable churches in al most every neighborhood in the county. Tn leading denominations are the Method'st' Missionary and Primitive Baptists, Preshy terisns. Cumberland Presbyterlaus, Christian and Episcopals.
 The Graded Free Schools ! Of Prescott. for the whites arc pronounced h. the State Superintendent pf Pnblic Instruc | ton and others, the best in the state. except | ing those ofLittle Rock only, and visitor | from the Northd eclare them equal to tn schools in towns of like size in any of tn Northern states. Besides the healthy and ac cessiblc location, q moral and enterprisin. town, and magnificent modern school build ing with its seven large well lighted and ven tlated rooms, seated with the best foldin. | and lock desks and all arranged to be heated with furnaces, We claim the special advan tage of having an able and experienced facul ! ty, large assortment of maps, globes an, charts; chemical, botanical, philosophical mathematical and astronomical apparatus; large geological and deutomoloGica) cabinet s large and wrll selected library free to pu pl.; systematic penmanships frequent scicn life lcc,ures, excellent advantages in music painting and drawing; vocal music and calls themes ss daily exercise, and Nh interest ing normal class for the leajuing of teachers The enrolment during the present scolasti, year runs up to near 300 pupils, and th daily attendance about 290