Nevada County picayune., 1886-08-04
NEVADA COUNTY, AREAvsI, A Description of It's Locat,o. c Climate, Schools, Church, s0't Railroads. Water.Coprs,
 Timber and Agricultur. /
 al Resources.

Railroads. Watcr.Conrsns
 Timber and Agricultur. /
 al Resources. NEVADA COUNTY wa. cres,.s 1S anact fthe Geptral assembly n r 20, 1871, and ia situated In the snntt harch part of the state, being bolthded on hihssssn ,h"'ssn by Ouachita county, on tho nortbssa's. sns e1 north by Clark, from which it i.% % seps and by Little Missouri river, on the p'taNi waNi licmpstead, and on the south by C,Io" C" sy It has an area of about 670 .ousre G;iluho. m;luho. in 1880 had q population of l3,ooO irt and tants. 'sO'
 Topography.
 The surface of the country i. gcnor,n- dulsting; few places being too brnI.,! a'' cultivation. or too level for drsin.r. if southern half of the county cover, ,h. la of the watershed between the OnacI;,' %sy Red riversj the suial streams on ,bs ht tide flowing to the tributaries of lh. 6' 0',.s e's ta. and those on the west to the trihp,.aach. the Red. All the branches and rivr,.."a thcnorthern part flow to thu Little M;''"9 Prairi De Anne. beautiful lt,,e ;Yuh ;sYh prairie. seven miles loug from e,.t to sa.. mmf situated in the northern part of ,b. cons, closely surrounding the to wn of Pre,co,,. the east, north and west.
 Eater-Coursss
 The principal water-course is LG,tlo v souri river, beautiful stream wb;sh %N it's source in the Csddo mountslhs If s U" in soutbcnsterly direction, forni,v4 ~ boundary line between Nevada shd 1.s 51 counties for long distance. BefoTotb. ..n roads penetrated this section, small ,,r.m... naviaated the river during the yjnts, ", spring seasons. The land along the uis,sa of the river Is fertile and e1ce-dinylv I.s tinoercd. The bottom is valusbo ,ooli range. It has few lag"ons and bsyon, ,,a is not considered sickly stream. The T.,.. Rouge creek is the neIt largest stream i, crosses the northern part of the county fro,, the west to the cmt, emptying into tho Lhf. Missouri river. The Cancy creek d-.T,. the central portion of the county. oovi, into the Little Missouririver from the VI, south of the Terra Rouge. The Bodcavt, .glal creek in tho sout thwesterl portion n county. Tho land bordering on t is v., fertile. It flows scu,h into the Dorcb,,, tributary of fed river.
 Railroads.
 Tho ft. L)ais. Iron Mountain < South.r, Eailwav. the great southern route from si Louis and tho Nurih and Ess. through A. kan sas and TcIas to Nctico and Califnrn. | DOT rate. the northern pat of the count-, entering 1t on tho cast sid. near Boushob station and going out on the west st Efnne. distance of fifteen miles. The Ouachits i 1 Choe.a~ Railroad. a proposed road now b.. { ing surveyed from point on tho Ouscha { river, near Camden, to q point on the lihe ot ! Inc Chuctaw Nation, near Ultima Tnula must, bv stipulation iii the charter, pss, br i the town of Prescott, and through ths county 1 from the southeast to the northwest. Soil and Climate.
 Tho soil of the southern and southve,.arn ! portions of the county is sandy loam, vsl adapted to corn, cotton, pntstoe., vegetsbls and grapes. Fine spring. abound in this r, l gion. In the central md westcrn por,ioa' the soil is gray dirt, fertile snd susceptible o easy cultivation. The soil of Inc norther, part ofthe county i, varied. bu, is most, | red dirt and very fertile. The soil of prsiru De Anne ia gray dirt. and adapted to sm, grain and grasses, the n.tiye grass on h npon prairie welding from two to three ton of fine hay per acre. Thorr is some very fn black land on the southwest side of the p. rie, though the rcd dirt laud pradominsis' | ! thermometer never goes below sir degA. above zero in tho winter. and ranges fror % to 100 in the shade during the summ' months.
 Timber.
 The county is remarkably well timbsrs Its most valuable wood. ar. yellow pine. s' cry variety Of oak and hickory. sweet, bsc and tupelo gum, maple. mulberry, ash, va l. ,A H. l blackberry, holly, red and water elm. ps locust, honey locust, wild cherry, red ba and sassafrns.
 1 Products
 Tho principal product. arc corn, co.,ol wheat, oat. rye. barley. nilet, broom cor sorghum, sweet and Irish pot>!oc. turaiP ! in fact vegetables of nearly every variet grow here to perfection. Experienced iru grower. s,sure us that we hazard nothing saving that no locality can grow grest' variety Of fruit, and to greater p.rfcctio than Nevada county. The genial climate ( this county, neither too cold in winter nc too hot in summer, i, peculiarly adapted the c,.ltAre of tho grape.
 Stock Rnisinx.
 | No portion of the Southwest is be,ts adapted to stock raising than Neveds count. ! On Prairie Do Anne and along the stream l cattle, horses and mules thrive and do ws | tho year round on the native grasses. Hof l can be raised here almost without any car at all. They fatton readily in the fall upo i the abundance of mast in the woods. Schools and Churches. Nevada county is divided for education, | purposes into forty school districts Prof. | i ~. Congar. the county examiner IS mo- ] et'ioi ent officer, and has the system of irt ] common school. in good working ord' | throughout the county The free schools maintained by state tax of one-ffth of on 1 per cent, n poll tax of Sl on every male GU zen over the age of twenty -ono years, ioe' option tax, which cannot exceed one-hsi one DOT cent interest on the permanent schoe ] fund, and fines and iortciture' in cer"I cases. There are crcditabla churches m \ 1 most every neighburhnod in the county | loading denominations are the hethode' l Missionary and Primitive BaptiSts, freso! ! tcras Cumberland prcsbyterians, Chrlsllh and Episcopals.
 The Graded 1ree Schools ] Of Prescott for the whites are pronounced the State Superintendent of pnhic lnslfu. 1 ton and others, the best in the state. creep ing those ofLittlc Rock only, and v'sHIl from tho Northd eclare them equal to .p a schools in towns of like size in any or u l Northern states. Besides the healthy anu ~ ~ cessihlc location, moral and cntrPrsnIii ni town, and magnificent modern school pun ., ing with its seven large well lighted ana ,,;a ts' 1 tilated rooms. seated with the best lopa. and lock desks and all arranged to be hesS ' with furnaces, wc claim the special hesa, tage of having an ablo and experienced la." .a ty, large assortment of maps, goocss so ! .hnrts: chemical, botanical, ph,losoph'o"