Nevada County picayune., 1886-03-03
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
Description of It's Location. Soil' Climate, schools, thnrches, Railroads. Warehouses Timber and Agricultur-
 al Resurccs.

n1rth hy Clark. from wlic!i fl ls separated h.. ;tti,, sji.-turi riTer, on tie west by Itpmpstead. sad on the >Guth hv C"iUmhla, Ii bus an area of about 6T0 sluer" r'IcS and in IsS0 had d population of l5,9V iAiab'- tGn!s.
 The surface of the country !sGcaerH,iy ud- dulatir,r: fcwplaces being too broken @ @i"i rYitjyatjon. or too level for drain+c". Inc s,,,tbprn half of the county covers the apeH; of thc N oter-shcd between the ouschl'a snd Rcd rivers: the small streams on the ea-t side flowing to the tributaries If the ouachi- ta and those on the west to the tributaries oi the Red. All the branches and uyulets o' the northern part flow to the Little Missouri, Prairi De Anne. beautiful little nland prairie. seven mile. long trom east to west, Is situated in the northern part ot the county closely surrounding thct0wn of Prescott on the cast, north and west.
 Nater-Coursos.
 The principal water-course Io L!.tio Ms souri river. beautiful stream which hs' it's source in the Caddo mountains. It flows in southeastcrlv direction, forming the boundary line hctwccn Nevada and Clark counties for long distance. Retnre the r"'I' roads penetrated this section, small steamer navieatcd the river during the winter ant spring seasons. The land along the margin of the river Is fertile and exceedingly vel tirnhornd. The bottom Is valuable stock range. It has few lagoonS and bay"uS, ano is nat considered sictiv stream. Inc Iefr' Rouge creek ia the next largest stream II crosses the northern part of tIie county Iron the west to the east, emptNlnS into the i'lttl' Missouri river The Cancy creek drain! the central portion of the county, flowing into inc I title Missouri river from the west south of the Terre Rouge The Bodcaw IS 2 small creek in the southwestern portion ot county. The land bordering on 1t IS very fertile. It flows scu.h into the Dorcheat, | tributary c: Red rlyer.
 Railroads.
 The S,. Louis. Iron Mountain < Southcri Railway. the great Southern route from St Louis and the North and East through Ar kan sas and Texas to Mexico and California. pehetratss the northern port of the county entering it on the east slde Htar BouSat9I station, and going out on the west at tmnet a distance ct fifteen miles, The Ouachita ( Choetas Railroad. q proposed rnad now 2' ing surveyed from point on the OGach.t river. near Camden, to a point on tn" line 0 the Chuctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule must by stipulation in the charter, pas b the town of Prescott. aud through the eoanu from tAe southeast to the northwest Soil and Climate.
 The soil ofthe southern and southwestern portions of the county k sandy io@m, wei adapted to corn, cotton, potHtoea. vegetable and grapes. Fine springs abound in this re giou 1n the eentrsl and western portion the soil is gray dirt. fertile and susceptible e I l,.f. .tlfa BF,vf hnr rt paft of the county is varied, but is nest, led dirt and very fertile. The soil of Pridrj De Anne is gray dirt, and adapted to sm.d grain and grasses, the native grass ou th open prairie yicldrg from twa to three ton pf fine Lny per acre. Thor is some very fin black land on the southwest side of the prai rie though the rcd dirt land prc,hnjntc> The climate l. sa'ubrsuuS and healthiJI. lA thermlmcter never goes hrlpW six degree above zero in the winter. and ranges trW 90 to 100 in the shade during the suano months.
 Timber.
 The county i, remarkably well umhcre, It's most valuehi" woods arc yellow piue, cy crv variety of oak and hickory, sweet. ulac and tup,o gum. maple. mulberry, asa, wal nut. birch. beech, sycamore. linn, d"gW"oo hackberry, hollv, rel and water "im. pcs siminon, cyprsss, beach. lois dare, hr' locust, honey locust, will chccrN rel hu and sa'saiias.
 The principal products sr' corn, cottor wheat, oAt- rye, hsrcy, millet, hr om cort sorghum, sweat aui Irish potatoes, turniP. in fact ycgrmh,s If nearly every variet grow here to perfection. Exp rionccd trui growers assUr, us that we hazard nothing i saving that no locality can grow greatc variety of trnit, nad tn greater perfection than Nevada county. The genial climate Q this county, ncth"r too cold in winter no too not in summer, is peculiarly adapted L the cul;Ere uf q" grape.
 stock Raising
 Noportion or the Southwest is bette adapted to stock raising than Eeycla county On Prairie De Anne and alon" the stream. cattle horses and mules thrive and dc wel the year round ou the ua,ivc grasses. Hog can he raised here almost without any car at all. They fatten readily in the fail upoI the abundance "f mast in the woods.
 schools and Churches. Nevada county is divided for cduca,ona purposes into forty school districts. Prof. ! ". Congar, thn county Cranncr, k mos ctfc ent officer, and has the system of free common school, in good working ordc throughuut 'ac county Tine free schools ar, maintnnt,! by state tax of onc-ffth of on, Der cent. poll tax of sl on every male citi zen over the aoruf twcnty-Our ycars, a loca option tax. which cannot exceed our-hUlf O one per cent interest on thr permanent sehoo fund. and fines and torfcturcs in certain eases. There are crrditabir churches in al most every ucighborhood in the county. Tn, loading denominations are the Mrthodists Missionary and P imitiyc Bau,,ts, Prcsby terun.. Cumberland Prcsbytrraus, Christian and Episc"pa.~.
 The Graded Free Schools
 Of Prrscot, for the whites nrr pronounced b, the State Superintendent of i'nblic lnstruc ton and others, the best in the state. except
 ng those uf Ii'te Rock only. and visitor from tho No-thd eclare them equal te tn schools in towns of like size in any of th Northern States Besides the hcalthy and a,, ccssihlr location, moral and cntrrprisiu! town, arA magnificent modern school build
 ing with its seven Hrg, wrl lighted anl van tilated rooms. seated with the bvst follin. and lock desks and sl arranged to br hrate, with fnruacra, we claim thu special alvan tage ot having an able and experienced fnrul ty, large assortment of maps, globes am charts: chomicaI, hotanicai. philosophical mathematical and astronomical apparatus: large geological and euiomologcm cabinet a large and well selected library free to plt pills; systematic penmarshir; frequent scicn uHc lcc'urc., excellent advantages in music painting and drawing; vocal music and cali, themes as tnily exercise, and an interest ing normsi class for the lcaiuiug of teachers The enrollHrnt during the present scsMsti year runs up to near 800 pupils, and tn daily attendance about 2sn.
 Post Offices.
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