The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-03-21
COUNTY OF
BRECKENRIDGE
What Commiss ioner Mcdowell says
Of0ur County and Its
Resources.
Could Have Said a Great Deal More
and Still Confined Himself
To The Truth.
THANKS FOR THIS MUCH.

We are in receipt OF the report
of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Nicholas Mcdowell. 1t is for the
year 1898, and it is neatly printed, sub
stantially bound and almost complete in
its reports of statistics.
Breckenridge County is somewhat a
sufferer. The report Of this county could
have been and should have been more
complete, though it is probably not the
Commissioners fault. The persons who
furnished him the information should
have been more minute. Several im-
portant industries and natural mineral
productions and resources are not men,
toned, nor is the slightest hint given
that such things exist within the bor-
ders OF the county. Our asphalt mines,
brick and potters clay, building stone,
and other mineral and manufacturing
advantages are not mentioned. 1t is
true that this is an agricultural report,
but all industries and resources are in
cluded and reporters from other coun-
ties have taken advantage of this fact
and given complete reports.
Why is it that Kentucky asphalt with
mines situated near Garfield, Brecken
ridge county, is talked of more in New
York, than it is in Breckenridge county Z?
Why is it that Cloverport paving brick
attracts more attention in Chicago than
in Cloverport? Whenever a report of the
resources and advantages OF our county
is made, the authors should take par
ticular care to give the industrial
world all the information obtainable.
II we don't do it, nobody will do it for
us.
Following is the present report Of
Breckenridge county as published in the
volume mentioned above:
BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY.
breckenridge County, formed from a
part of Hardin in 1899, was the thirty
ninth county formed in the State.
The county is bounded on the north by
the Ohio River, on the east by Hardin
County, on the south by Grayson, and
by Hancock on the west. The surface of
the county is generally hilly, but well
watered. The Ohio River bottoms are
as productive as any in the State. The
timber consists OF poplar, oak, walnut,
beech and hickory, while all other kinds
such as grow in Kentuky, may be found
there. The Louisville, st. Louis & Tex
rs Railroad, and the Louisville, Har-
dinsburg & Western Railroad NOW con-
solidated), furnish ample railroad facili-
ties for the shipment of the county's
products. The county roads are not OF
the best, and but small mileage of turn
pixies. The Ohio River, with its tribu-
taries, furnish an ample supply Of water
while the most excellent springs for
drinking, and stock purposes, may be
found everywhere in the county. The
principal products OF the county are to-
bacco, corn and wheat, OF which quite a
large surplus is sold every year. Like
most oil the counties in the State, the
people have given no thought to future
generations in the matter of timber, but
have and are now destroying their val
liable timber every year. The farmers
are in the line of progress in farming,
using improved implements, and pur-
suing the most progressive methods.
Hardinsburg is the county seat. The
county has population of 1876. 1t is
situated in the Fourth Congressional,
Second Appellate, Ninth Judicial and
Tenth Senatorial districts. In the late
Congressional election it cast l,50l votes
for the Democratic candidate, l,l0S for
the Republican, and no for the Populist.