The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Beverly, county seat; formed October, 1886 from
Harrison county; named from Edmund Ran

Beverly, county scat; formed October, 1856. from
Harrison county; named from Edmund Ran
Area Lis square miles; population, 1883
Assessed value OF real and personal property,
Sl,6l2097.
County lax on 500 vRuation............. Is cents
DANDOLPH COUNTY Is tho largest and per
n hnps the most varied In is soil, productions,
clima,e, nnnellls, timber and topography Of any
county In the state II is drained by the several
forks OF Cheat river. the Valley River, Middle
Fork, BuckhGnnon, ElkRnd Gauley river. Along
the Cheat waters the SOL Is sandy loan and the
timber pine cherry, beech and birch, while the
lands on the ridges or mountains between these
streams, except the faces OF the mountains di.
yided By the shavcns Fork nre rich loan, much
Of 1t limestone. covered with beech, sugar, ash,
cherry, poplar, with spruce patches. These
lands are among the best gniking lands any
where. The surface Is not steep nor rocky, gen.
orally but slopes gently, and runs Into long hats
anu loW. ridge.
This Tegi5n known as Dry Fork district, has
500 or COO square miles, and Is destined TO he
most important section OF the county aud State
OH account Of It's timber, soil mud climate. the
average altitude being about 5000 feet The Iy'
CARTS Valley river drains the central belt OF the
county, and Is noted for the beauty OF its scenery
and the fertility OF its soil The valley is about
forty miles lbng and will average one mile In
width. The Cheat mountain, With It's foot hills,
lies along It's eastern horizon, while the Rich
mountain, with It's foot hills, lies along the
western, giving in Ouc view mountain Hill aud
vale. The valley has been settled since the year
1851, and many OF the same families who came
here before the Revolution, and on UP to the be-
ginning OF the present century, still live here,
the land having descended from fnther 10 son in
some instances for three generations.
The head Of this valleylS known as the Mlngo
Flnts and isav very iinc blue grass region, the
surface being rolling, limestone formation.
The western and southwestern half OF the county
Is covered with poplar, cherry beech, sugar, ash,
oak, ETC., underlnid IN many paris with coal. IN
some instances the thicEcst veins In the state.
The Roaring creek region OF this section Is ia
nous for the big vein Of coal. showing ut mum
Der OF points over twenty feet in thickness.
There nrG number OF iron orc lodges and
veins found IN several sections oil the county,
but none hnyG been thoroughly tested. Copper
Is said TO exist In one locality. UChre Is found
In several places OF good quality Fire clay Is
also found In paying quantities. salt wells have
been bored mud good brine found The waters
OF the whole county are pure and clear crystal.
The West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh railroad
Is built and operated TO the city OF ElEins, on
the Valley river, six miles north OF Beverly. The
West Virginia 4 Pennsylvania road Tor Camden
roadl Is buildlng up the Buckhannon river along
the western border OF the county. The populn.
ton Is intelligent, moral and fairly industrious.
Churches oil nenrly all CrredS and good schools
lre located In every nClghbOrhOOd. Taxation II
low. There Is not u dollar OF debt, The county
afaIr arc In the hands OF careful
men who are progressive but not cXtrnvngnnt.
The Cheat Mountain Sportsman Association con.
the Mississippi. There go members from all
parts OF the unon, most OF them from PlttSburg.
Pine club houses, &c, twenty-five miles from
rnilroad, over good turnpike road, at point on
Cheat river $50 feet above tide. Strangers who
seek homes and capital seeking Investment are
welcomed Land Is low compared with prices
In Pennsylvania and Maryland With the natural
advantages and the railroads actually built and
building besides the many projected roads, some
OF which will necessarily be built the great
county OF Randolph With her State like area,
varied resources splendid climate and more
than century OF history, Is bound 10 be n cen:
trc OF large population and varied interests OF
great commercial Importance.