The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04
pocAHoNrAs COUNTY.

HunterSvllle. county seat: formed December q,
1871, from Bath, Pendlcton and .Randolphi
named for the Indian princess, Pocahontas.
Area, 765 SQUIRE miles. population, 6,Sll.
Assessed Value OF real and personal property,
SlySli,799.
County lax on 500 valuation. .........G1lS cents
THERE Is no county in the State for which na-
tuEe has done more, or man less, than l'OcA-
hontaS. Owing TO her inacccssbllity and dill
rult means OF communication with the outside
world so lIttle attention has been paid her III
the past that few are familiar with her rich and
diversified resources. The greater part by lar Is
By human hunds The oak, in NIL It's varieties,
prednmInntes. Along the eastern tributaries OF
The Grecnbrier river and scattered over the loot
hills OF the allegheny mountains may be found
Us tlno u variety Of white pine as Is grown any;
whore. This, owing. to the ease with which II
may DO noated, has for some time been finding
its way TO market, tho logs being driven down
the Grccnbricr river 10 RoDcevcrte,. where they
arc manufactured. thence shipped east anu
north. about $50, OO0O 900 feet of white pine have
already been cut along the waters OF Deer creek
and Slttlingtons creek
The soil OF POcnhOntnS county Is likewise diver
shed. In some sections the land is thin and IN
Others rugged. but the greAter portion Is OK
ceedlngly fertile, and there cannotbc found In
this State, orHuy other n locality better adapted
10 grazing or farming. The cereals are here pro-
duccd With large Yield to the mere, and the CON
dltions arc good for fruit culture: Tobacco Is
grown to advantage In sections OF Virginia no
better adapted to Its culture than PocahontaS.
Blue grass Is ut homo here take away the timber
and let In the sunshine aud you Shortly have a
blue grass sod oil as luSurlant growth rs can he
found on the sown fields ofRentucEy. Timothy,
clover md numerous other choice varieties con-
test the right OF the blue grnSS TO the field solve
find them growing together, each trying TO choke
out the Others and to climb high enough to hide
Along the western border q the county; near
the head waters Of Williams river, are known 10
exist veins OF coal, varying In thickness from
two to eighteen feet. by proper test tho quality
has boen ascertaired, which proves II 10 be II
coSlng coal OF superior order. In this cOnnec'
ton it may also be stated 1haE this Is the nearest
known coal field TO the great irun.pFoducinS
section OF Virginia. There Is iron orc In great
abundance. which Is known 70 be OF m excel.
lent quality. This field lies 10 the east OF the
Grecnbrier, running from one end Of the county
10 the other.
other waters Of medicinal vlruc arc, plentiful.
For some OF thnSe we predict future notoriety.
Pocahontas, twill DO remembered, Is one oil
the few counties In the State untouched by a
railroad. That, however, cannot long be said OF
her johnson ~ Camden. that brOad'gAuged
West Virglnian Is turning his face this way BY
his money and energy. With the backing Of the
Baltimore 1: Ohio, which he has, there will be
pushed TO rapid completion an extension OF his
road now under contract Us far Us BraSton Court
House, through Webster county, up Williams
river, into Pocahontls, down Stony creek TO the
Greenbrier river at the mouth OF knapps creek
thence up KnnppS creek to Hnntenyiiic, md on,
crossing into Virginia, through Bath and Ale
Gheny counties, making an eastern connection
at some point not yet announced. Pocahonths
will then DO truverscd by the most direct road
from Pittsburgh to the Atlantic seabOard. This
road will pass directly through the coal and tim
Der fields There Is no section to which the tu.
ture promises more than this; no place more de-
SIrnble for home, or wherc the capitalist may
Invest with greater certainty OF speedy and
profitable returns. Z, i. MOORE.