The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-12
SOUTHERN FORESTS.
me Great Timber R~s~vss NJ Amsts.
Ana Its C~sDrasr~ls Ssiss.

aud "a. Csmnsrcisi Ssiss.
Nc: among the lcas, Of iae grcH: un.
developed Of ,hc southern
State. j. IL. fors>: wealth Ihcs' i1r.
, cts in large stretches Of country ar
( in a srimsyal condition The Southern
I mariamc pine bcl; extend, frnm iac
,~Air;y-~,t, icsrcr o. north iatisalc ~
a rarruv bS; along the cos~i varsing
from "a, u two hundred mice IN
width ~ Tar south n Tampa bay u
..-,tchr. ArrosS the Stat. - fi"rNfa
, and alon. &c coa,; %! the Gulf IF NrN-
leo 20 the Mississippi bottoms tryoni
these alluViA bottoms, on tn" so>t .;
u,cupic, both, sale, of Eei rs,T and
gradually miuC5s- with m dccid sc%S
s,r,.-t. Of A-rSaIsa. AMI T'1S Tls~~
forests ar without ans unlrhgu>h sni
are composed for the mos, par Il "a
~leug-lcayci pine. which frnl>hr> .
class ui lumbcr that = grow "a ;n d.
mani ~ every part Of tht United
Stats Thrnu -huut the allu~al and
co..-t regions oi this bel; ar found
the 1--we OAK. the palmetto. the gum.
wa.-r-oaks. hickorir> aut ash Al.
these ,-cs,s n, IN lor!ly dimensions.
aud tl.- lyc-oas forests ARE considered
the finest in the world and i1'ro =
Grand v~-nc for The >hip-build.nE IN
tcr,srS # the The d~rciiu"o'
for sts III the Atlantic plain aud The
Ni,,issippi basin arr noted for ihsu
richness ami variety. Upon the slopes
Of the A!lcghany mountains. Northern
and Southern species occur. only = T.
araied h, altitude. The ha!~am III
Cables Eraserl. found "a ahundan,!S
upon the crs,t- of ihe-c mountains. oc-
eur nowhrr,. sl-. in the Spath. while
lower down the white pine commin-ir~
with the tulip tree. ar poplar. the hem
lock, the wild cherry aud the chestnut
Many of these trrcs here attain a >izc
nowhere else found on the cont n"nt
The forests of the a!luyiL plains oi the
Mississippi and Red ri'crs are not less
varied. Almost escry tr,e of CONNER
cial va.u, may I've found. and among
tn III III, red gum. ~hich for beauty 81
finish i, hardl, surpassed hs any wood
found in the United states.
Not the least imp rtin; in CONNER
mcrcial value are thsr rri cedar inrr>t'
of Middle Tennessee. Ia many places
in IN. central basin Of the STATE cedar
trees form almo,, the only growth.
Wilson. Rutherford and Marshall toun-
ties in Tennessee arr particularly noted
for their proiu>ion e cedar forests
These forests are now supply in@ a mine
of wealth 10 their owncr> A~h, poplar.
beech and walnut ARE also abundan, III
the central basin. al along the slopes
of IN. Cumberland mountains. and -
prcially on the western slope. poplar
and walnut attain a p~ru-iigIoI~ >i1r
One walnut tree WINS cui ia Crow Creek
valley tina, measured eight feet III dl-
arnet.r and -cycuty-iivn is,t to the first
limb. Wild cherry is a!~o found IN
abundance. The western valley IL tn"
Tennessee river il very heavily tim
bcred with white oak AMI poplar.
while back from the river eastward. IN
the upllnds. are the finest forests "i
chestnut oak 10 be- found IN the State.
In IN. counties 81 Humtsnrry-. HEX
man. Perry. WAYNE anil Hardin these
forests cover many hurirrd square
miles. and have scarcely been touched
On the western side If ,hr river many
large swamp- occur. whor. The cypress
tree ilourishcs in ~pripcel, m~,gnitccnce
Perhaps the heaviest forests ia Tcnnes-
see Gr. found IN thu, counties oi Obinn.
DYER. Laud"rdalc. Upton and shelby.
and especially those part OF thcs"
counties abov" IN. flood plan" of the
Mississippi river "hsrc tirr hlnh-ioam
or locs- formation, occur. pom this
soil the largc-, poplar, AMI white oaks
Of the South ar, - tss found. trees
having the larg-s; gir'h sith IN" long
eat bodie~, When Captain Eai~ M,
constructing the grand railroad bridge
across the Mi>~i-~pri riSrr a, ~ L"u1s.
h. had occasion 20 Use ~oInr pieces oi
timber over one hundred feet long -
large size and strength. H. rrguisl-
ton could be supplied from only one
place in the tn,tcd stats. and that
was from Obinu t"usasy. Icnn W
have barely Indicated IN this aTi'rS
In, character and exa "a of Southern
forests. They constitute he great tim
Der reserve of AuI"rfeA anil 4 yrs f"w
year. Will an ~",sns~n, 81 wealth
which the prc-.ut g.ns ration can not
-s Nr.Lr.tf. fr.rI-IA