Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-04-21
EAST TENNESSEE.
Rich in all Earth's Treasures Switzerland
Of the South.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN

a great mountain wall oyer 5000 feet
IN height on the east and high platau
on the west, and gently sloping south.
ward throughout its entire length will,
IN general way, be an outline OF
East Tennessee. The ell ,,e of the val.
ley may be inferred when 1t is stated
that Bristol, one Of the towns located
at its extreme northern end, is ,876
feet above the sea; Knoxville, near
the center, 900, and Chattanooga, at
the southern extremity, 1888. The en-,
tirs region is abundantly supplied with
water from springs of crystal purity,
gushing out of the hill and mountain
sides; branches and creeks flow ing
through the thousand valleys, the
affiuents of the great Tennessee, and
the great river itself sweeping majestl-
cally down the entire length of the
beautiful valley, constitute a river
system ample for all purposes -naviga
tion, water powers and drainage.
East Tennessee is not only one of the
most beautiful regions for natural
scenery butt is an ideal of climatic con.
ditions,a realism of both pleasure and
health. The mean annual temperature
for the year is about 81, divided as fol
lows: Winter. AZ; spring, 81; summer,
70, and autumn, So. The isothermal
line of Knoxville, located nearly in
geographical center of East Tennessee,
II drawn around the world. would pass
through the Straits of Gibraltar, the
center of the Mediterranean Sea, North.
ern Syria, Persia, Northern China,
Central Korea and Japan, and the
center of California. This is a good
line for temperature and climate all
around the world.
East Tennessee is singularly exempt
from malarial diseases end epidemics,
and vital statistics warrant the state.
ment that it is one of the most health.
ful regions of the world. While the
general elevation of the country is a
thousand feet above the sea, the great
mountain walls on either side of the
beautiful valley ward off the winds
and break up the storms; and cyclones
and violent wind storms are here un.
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STOCK RAISING
in all of its branches can be success.
fully carried on here. as there is abun
dant and nutritious pasturage and
plenty of pure water, and these are
two prime essentials in successful stock.
raising.
THE COAL FIELDS
OF East Tennessee are the most exten
sive OF any in the south. and cover an
are of over 5000 square miles.
There are also vast
DhT Ooilo Or lhON OhE,
comprising red and brown hematite
and magnetic, and the yield per ton
is from 80 to 70 per cent. There are at
least nine counties in East Tennessee
that produce lead and fine zinc, while
the copper deposits, situated in the
easter part,are especially rich, and cop.
per has been and continues to be an
article of export.
FARMING POSSIBILITIES.
In no State or locality is there more
inviting opportunity to the immigrant
or home seeker than East Tennessee.
Its conditions are very similar 10 West
ern North Carolina, about whose eli.
mate, healthfulness and agricultural
possibilities 80 much has been said and
written. 1t is no secret that the ex.
treme eastern section of Tennessee
produce some of the finest bright to.
bacco which the market affords, nearly
all of which is manufactured into
chewing and smoking tobacco at fac
tories along the line of the Southern
railway. The entire eastern section
from Chattanooga to the Virginia State
line is peculiarly and especially adapt.
ed to general farm, truck and garden
products which yield in great abund-
ance and excellence. e., wheat corn,
hay, oats, potatoes, rye, buckwheat-
in fact. every product grown In the
middle or northern States.
MARBLE.
The marbles of the valley of East
Tennessee are among the most famous
In the world. There are more than two
hundred varieties of class separate
and distinct in themselves, command
ing the admiration of the world.
TIMBER.
The State has about $4,000, 900
acres of timber land, and among the
trees are white, blue and water ash,
beech, birch, buckeye, red cedar,
chestnut, wild cherry, cottonwood, cy-
press, dogwood, elm, balsam, black
tir, gum, six varieties of hickory linden,
locust, maple, red mulberry. from
twelve to fifteen species of oak, white
and yellow poplar. sassafras as a shrub
and as forest tree, sycamore, black
and white walnut, bptfernut, laurel,
hornbesm, box alder, blackberry, per-
simmon, etc. Here are about every
kind of wood used in building and for
all kinds of manufacturing purposes.
The Southern Field.
Reed and Cousins.
Young Mr.. Bailey's refusal to 20 to