Nevada County picayune., 1886-08-11
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS X Description of It's Locatio, q. Climate, Schools, Chur.h,a 't Railroads. Watcr.Courses
 Timber and Agricultur.
 al Resources,

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 NEVADA COUNTY was .r, i IN anact of the Gem ral osscml, ty 70, 1871, and is situated in the snu,h naFeh part of ths state, being bounded on ,"e'eru ,,''' by Ouacbita county, on the nortbsa', e@t north by Clark, from wbicf it is ",s ssns mi by Little Missouri river, on tbo r'lsel ,al Hempstcad, snd on the south by C,l's by IL has an area of about 610 square n;"'"hla. in 1880 had Il population of l3,OO1 ts ;,i and tants. 'Ol'
 Topography.
 The surface of the country i, ma,..au dulating; few places being too brnla"' ar cultivation. or iro level for dr,in,n" Ior ior southern half of the county covers tha ihe of the watershed between the Ou,cb;,, "Pi Red rivers; the small strratns on " ,b' sad .ile flowing io the tributaries of tho n,.a ea ia and those cn the west to the tribnt..;,cA. the Red. All the branche. ''and rivnla,. the northern part flow to the Little N.'a.@ Prairi De Anne. beautiful little ;1A,, prairie. seven miles long from east to wa. ""n situated in the northern part of the o,,'. closely surrounding the,own of Prc.co,, the cast, north and west. on
 Water-Courses. The principal wat.r-rpIrsc i. I;t,lo n >ouri river, beautiful ,trmm which 4- is .arrcc in the Caddo mountains. |, e. .s in soiltheastcrlv direction. form;nu s' m boundary line between Nevada and 1a'1 counties for bong distance. Bcforeth. .m roads penetrated this section small ,,s.,a' nuvigated the river during the win,.r ,ai spring seasons. The land along inc ,,,." a.a ot tbc river Is fertile and cxcecdiur,v s1a timbered. The bottom is val,.silr ,,,.t range It has few lagoons and bayops ,,I Is not considered sicklv strcnrn. Tbora.' Rouge creek is the next largest stream I, crosses the northern part "f the county finn. the west to the cast. cinptying into the Inla Missouri river. The Canev creek dr.;a. the central portion of the county, nowr. into the Little Missouri river from the xs.s south of the Terrc Rouge. The Bodc,ra small creek in the solt thwe.tcrn portio n county. The land bordering on it ia r.,. fertile It flows south into the Dorches tributary of Rci rlvcr
 Railroads.
 The it. Lo,:iS, Iron Mountain X Sou,bcn Railway, the great southern route from S. Louis and the North and East through Ar. kan .as and Texts tn Mexico and Caliiorn, pehctratcs the northern part of the eulln,,. entering il nn the east sldo near Buiyh,on station, and going out on the west at Enma |, distance of fifteen mile. The Ouachta < ChoctaS Railroad. a proposed road now le- ing sur, ,cvcd from n point on the Ouaeht, river. near Camden to point on the line ti the Choctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule in,lsf, by stipulation in the charter, pas bv tEc town uf Prescott. and through the coanly from the southeast to the northwest.
 Soil and Climate.
 The soil of the southern and southwcs.cp portions of tho county is sandy loarn, well adapted tO corn, cotton. pot>toes. ve-eiabla and grapes. Fine spring. abound in this T, zion. In the central and western yortpm the soil is gray dirt, fertile and s,.crptibl.d d 1 easy cultit ation. Tn. soil of she northea part of the county is varied. hI, is mosilr rcd dirt and very fertile The soil of prars De AnDr l. gray dirt. and adapted to snal grain and grasses, the native grass on iAe open prairie welding from two to three .@' of tino hay per acr. There is -on.-vury kn black hand on the southwest side of the ps- rc. though the rrh dirt land pr.,inminsts The climate is -alubriotls and healthfuI Tho thrrmomctrr never zoe. bolnw .iI degrNs , above zero in the winter. and ranges iHa 20 to l0O in Inc shade during the .mmFr months.
 Timber.
 The county is remarkably well unterl It, most valuable wood, arc yellow pine cy. cry variety of oak and hickory. sweet blics nfd tupclo gum. maple. mulberry. ash, wi. nat, birch beech, sycamore, linn. doswe. harkbrrrv. holly, rcd and water elm. pT- shannon, cvprpss, beach. bois dare. kar, locust, honey locust, wild cherry, grl bat and sassatras.
 The principal prrduct. nr, corn, cp,icn wheat u;it- rvr. barley. millrt. br,.om corn sorghum, sweet and Irish potatoes. turnip in fact vc..etablss of nearly every vare! grew here to perfection. Exp. rirncel irEi grower. assure n. that wc hazard nothing N nvn. that m locality can grnN q greier variety of fruit, and to greater pcrtccihe, than Nevada county. The genial climate d this county, neither too cold in winter n@ loo not in summer, is peculiarly adapted D the cuitsrc of the grape.
 Stock Raising.
 No portion of tho Southwest l. heiici adapted to stock rti.in. than Nrycda cormi' On Prairie De Anne and along the streams, cattle. horses and mule. thrive and do vel inc year round on Ihc native grasses. Hog can be raised here almost without any eari at all. They lutten readily in the fall upo' the abundance "f mast in the woods.
 schools and Churches.
 Nevada county is divided for edncaiionh purposes into forty school districts. lro-' 4. tonlcr. the county eXnminrr, Ba mn" ei'iti cnt officer, and has the system of itN coinnnn schools in good working o'Tp throughout the county The frce school. M maintained by state tax of one-hfth ol Vn per cent, poll tax of Sl on every male cll zen over the age of twcntN-onc years, m'' m option tax which cannot exceed one hal " one per cent interest on the p"rlaanch sew" fund, and fines and iorieitures in crr'a" cases. Thrrc are crcltahlr churches ih M %r most every ncighborho"d in the county i~ loading denominations are the Mcln"is' 'ii-,iuunry and Primitive H,p ist' fr.n. trriuns. Cumberland Prc.b,tcrians, Chri's''' and Epi-copals
 The Graded Free schools Of Prescott for the whites arc pronounee" :" the State Superintendent of i'nhlIc ifsu~ iinn and oth"r., the bc.t in the state. eiceN, lng those of Little Rock only, and '''ss from the Northd cclnrc them equal w %s % school. in tawn. of like size in any o '" l. Northern states. Besides the healthy Mle%, cr--ibl. mtinn, q moral and cnprftal town. and magnificent modern ,cit'"' p's .,n. ing with its seven large well lightc aho ,na, nm tilntcd rooms. seated with the b'st i"''%Il au.l lock desks and all arranged to Do m@. i.,n. with furnaces, WI claim the spccmi aa'%l s.%l. tage of having an able and cNpericnced '',"J .oJ tv, a large assortment of maps, sloprs ,hart.; chemical botanical. phllo'ol,"s'a "s' mathematical and astrounnlcal appa'"ita;.e large geological and cntomological eaV'T mi. a large and we'll selected library Tree :" 'oro. ro. pi,; systematic penmanship; frequent .''n.r ' fife lecture. excellent advantages M " "sl,.