West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-03-12

In the hard wood belt par excsllsnce
who're immense areas Of the insst
oak and poplar forssts are Yet an.
touched. The higher areas also
costsin large quantities ef pins ahd
hsnleek. snd altogsshsr thsss 10 q
Immense snsaAt Of the Aasst tin
ber in this county.
ADDITIONAL SorRs.
Preston county vas cut of from
Monengalia and organized in 1918.
The county seat is the old, bsauti-
ful and wealthy town Of kingwood
the mountain terminus Of the King.
wood and Tunnelton railroad. The
situation of the county is important
1t is the northermost county Of the
state; 10 separated from Fayette
county. Pa, on the north by the
famous Mason and Dixon line; it's
eastern boundary rs the line between
Maryland and West Virginia; and
on the south and west il adjoius
Tucker, Barbour, Taylor, Marion
and Monongalis. The surface is
mountainous, hilly and rolling, an.
"glady."
The county lies principally with
in the Ligonier Valley. This val.
Icy embraces over 800 square miles
Of the county.
The county is divided into eight
townships, four on each side of the
Cheat river, which river divides the
county into two nearly equal parts
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
running through the coanty thirty.
four miles, divides il into two near.
ly equal northern and southern
portions.
RAILROADS AND WATERWAYS.
The principal streams in the
county are. the Cheat river, Big
Sandy, Little Sandy, Middle Creek,
and Buffalo.
The Cheat river is used extern
sivsly for floating RATS Of logs and
lumber. flowing into the county from
the vast timber regions of Tucker
and Randolph counties. All Of
these streams furnish excellent va
ter power. sufficient for all the
manufacturing industries that can
line their banks.
The great thoroughfsrs OF the
county is the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, passing through from east
to vest. almost In the centre Of the
county, entering in the sss. frsm
Garrett county, Msrylsad, seven
miles from Oakland.
Another road--ths Iron Valley
runs from the Baltimore and Ohio
IN the western part Of tho county to
the Irsndals furnace, a distancs Of
three miles. This Is . standard
gauge road. The Kingwood &
function railroad, a narrow gauge
line, runs from Tunnelton on the
Baltimore 4 Ohio TO Kingwood,
the county seat, q dIstancs Of eleven
miles.
CLIMATE AND HEALTH.
The mountainous (though not
rough) character of Preston's sur
face, stan ling at an altitude, at her
highest points OF from 1900 TO Q,
500 feet above sea level, With ber
numberless streams Of clear, cole
life giving water, make the climate
one OF the purest and most health.
ful on the globe.
POPULATION, WEALTH AHD
TAXATION
Preston county stands among the
first in the State, the present num
Der Of inhabitants as nearly AZ can
be ascertsined being "A, 900. There
are new about 35 persons for every
square mile Of our territory.
with no debt TO proVIds for, tho
county has total assessed value Of
t4,075, $50. The rate Of county
tax is 65 cents on the t1OO valua.
ton, and the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad within the county has an
assessed value of e7O6, ,7O5. The
Bank Of KinRwood has capital Of
1l25, 900.
MINERAL RgsOuRcRs.
At the Irondale furnace (Col.
Nemegyei's) tho coal. coke iron ore
and the limestone are all dug out
OF produced on the furnace lands.
TIE wols county is nndsrlaid With
coal. EveryWhere Il Ia acca.sibla