Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-03-10
RICHLSND PARISH. ITS RESOURCES
md ADT.4NTAGES.

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copies of the BEACON:
Ri bland parish was created in the
srri-s Of 1868 out If the contiguous
portions of Morehouse, Ouachita,
Franklin and Carroll. having for ITS
natural boundary lines the streams
hereinafter described. II was SO
called from its fertility of soil, being
a. it l., one of the most productive
parishes, not only i'll the State "f
Louisiana, but in the wide wor!l.
Before the late war, such was the
faith Of the people, that very neari,,
every acre of public land was entered.
While the levees on the Mississippi /,
front were up AMI the Opossum
Fork levee in tact our people were
strangers to the mighty floods tuat
have devastated our section since the
war. Many causes NAV be ascribed
, 10 this ccnditioa of affairs. The
general wear and rear and want OF
a, ention to the renairiar OF the
lsYees incident upol the WV left this
:. oea u:;ful secripn almost Il barren
waste. The peop.e though, with that
Ie'er,ni natian tn ~ We're SO rosed for
~ iine u war. strus lied as Oniv q
brave ,eo pie could dc under such
adverse circu instances to build up
her waste places. Year after year
the overflow came, getting worse
and bringing WITH it all the dreadful
pests that ccn!l be thought OF, tue
moss dest. nctive Of which are tue
huif..r & rs coupled with Charlton.
. Cur people Notwithstanding all CT
these trou les continued to labor for
reh,t. Our State was in debt, ais
credit impaired AM for decade was
in The nards ot northern adverturers,
? VINO alter the close of the Civil war
CAM down among US, aot to share
. our fortunes or misfortunes but to
!. olun..er aud rob US. There were
+ however, a few exceptional cases,
men of enterprise came south and
4 maae fortunes for themselves and ut
:, the same lime lid a good work in
developing the country. To all OF
the latter class We extend a cordial
!. welcome.
We have as fine lands a. can bs
o found in the world, and for the quail.
. ity Of the soil,
e THE CHEAPEST.
Stop the water out OF this section Of
e country and there is not more in.
= viting field on the globe for tillers Of
II the soil. Already our Levee Board
y have done good work and still doing
II and the apportionment recently made
\. by the United States Levee Commits
e sioners, if judiciously expended, vii
;, protect and reclaim large part o.
!. our rich, alluvial and fertile parish
- We have not an acre of arabic LAND
is but that can be made to produce ont
or more bales Of cotton and from
i. sixty to seventy-five bushels of corn
D, and as for potatoes and vegetables o
:. all kinds this section of country cal
lie not be excelled. We have been told
~ that three hundred bushels of swee
potatoes have been made here to tn
=. acre without fertilizing. Surely thel
or our parish was appropriately named
-, "Richland." Our parish is composed
tn of five hundred and eighty-tw'
q square miles, or about 81, 4S
- ceres.
When this parish was created
was the purpose Of the originator G
the bill to include all the territor.
east of Lafourche Bayou Of Caldwe
!. parish but meeting with oppositio
from Caldwell's representative, th
IS. Original plan was changed.
The boundary lines as establishe
in the act creating the parish are a
's' follows: Commencing on the towr
. ship line between 10 and 20. range
where Beuf river crosses said towr
ship lire, thence down Beuf river
the center of the channel to wher
Lafourche Bayou makes out from th
river, thence down the center OF th
channel of Lafourche Bayou to th
line of Caldwell parish, thence east
the bank Of Beuf river, thence dow
I. the main channel of tho river
where Big Greek runs into the rive
thence up the center Of the chann
of Big Greek 20 the township hr
between l6 and II, thence east Q
5. said line to Bayou Macon, thence u
the main channel to Bayou Macon