The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-12

""en ~ was Formed, It's Area, wealth,
Population, Vote, Etc.

reputation, Vote, Etc.
Morgan county was formed in 1899.
out OF portions of Floyd and Bath, and
named IN honor of Gen. Daniel Morgan,
OF revolutionary fame. The Licking
river runs almost centrally through the
county from southeast to northwest.
The bottoms of the Licking and its trib.
ntaries are ell very fertile, and produce
grains, grasses aud fruits in rich
abundance, while the hills are clad, from
base to summit, with comparatively
untouched forest of timber, embracing
all the varieties indigenous to this lati-
tude. The county embraces one Of the
largest deposits of camel coal in the
state-if not the largest---and in point of
quality can not be excelled in the world.
while bituminous coal, iron ore, and
building stone abound in incxhaustihle
quantities. Our vast resources are ex-
citing the cupidity of capitalists, and
lands are enhancing rapidly in value.
This county needs but the magic touch
Of railway aud turnpike transportation
facilities to make it one Of the richest
and most prosperous in the state. The
, iphabitants are sober, steady, moral, aud
industrious. There has not been n
licensed saloon in the county for sixteen
years, and crime is comparatively un-
known. Our educational facilities are
splendid, and improving every day.
There is a church in every common
school district in the county. There are,
as yet, no railroads in our county, but
two lines are projected, and it is believed
that one of them-the Kentucky Mid
land-will be constructed into and across
this county in the near future. Our
roads are all free, are kept in repair by
the physical force of the county, under
the general road laws of the state, and
will compare favorably with the roads of
any portion of the state. Morgan county
has no turnpikes. OF the streams run
ming through our county, the Licking
river alone is navigable for small steam
ers. The Rockhouse Fork, Lacey's creek,
White Oak, Elk Fork, Caney, North
Fork, Grassy. and Blackwater creeks are
navigable for RATS of saw logs. The
general character of the timber in our
county is good-seventy.tive per cent. of
it being oak, poplar, maple, ash, sugar
tree, beech, and pine, all of good quality
for merchantablc uses The principal
agricultural products of our county, of
which there is a surplus produced for
market, are corn and tobacco. The
grasses best adapted to the soil of our
county, and which are considered the
most useful and profitable, are red clover,
timothy, English bluegrass, and herds
grass. Our county is improving in its
methods of agriculture, and the fertility
of the soil is increasing. There has been
no special immigration in two years past
but we have had marked increase in
population. No important additions
have been made to our mill and manu-
featuring interests in the past two years.
About one half of our original forest
remains, but no effort has been made to
check It's destruction or renew it. There
is strong disposition in our county to
use the improved field and garden seeds.
West Liberty is the county seat. The
t6anty has a population of 1929. 1t
is situated in the Tenth congressional,
Seventh appellate, Twentieth judicial,
and Thirty-fourth senatorial districts
In the late congressional election it cast |
1.136 votes for the Democratic candidate |
and 684 for the Republican.
Pounds of tobacco. 22,657
Tons of hay...................... 1917 |
Bushels of corn 3Sl 1853
Bushels of wheat........... lO,26S |
Rusbels of oats.............. 12,066 |
Acres Of wheat. 1870 |
Acres of corn................ 22,797 |
Acres of meadow 2,517 |
Acres of woodland. 9S,O'3
Acres of tobacco ~
legal yoters................,.. 1921