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One Of thet best located towns in
southwest Arkansas as to business is
Kingsland, which draws trade from a
radius Of forty-fve miles. This thriv-
ing little town Of fifteen hundred
people is excellently situated on a d.
vide between the Moro and Saline riv
ere.
In the year 1882 the Cotton Belt hail
road came through the town and on
July %, 1884, it was incorporated. a
sh1rt time after Mr. John W. Dorster
opened the first general store, and
from that time the town began to grow,
and in 1857 many merchants and lum-
bermen We're settling in kingsland.
Today the town is live, hustling
little place very healthy and a most de-
sirable town in which to live, having
good free schools, clean city govern
nent. two churches, and freestone
We'll water. entirely devsdd Of malaria
In the early history Of kingsland the
principal income was from lumber
and all through the forests around the
town the buzz Of the saws was heard
day in and day out. but now in the i'm
mediate vicinity, the lumber having
been fairly cut off. the people are
naturally giving their attention to
farming. and the result is that many
thousands of acres have been opened
and put in cultivation, and the town
t~day is On more substantial basis
because of the fact it is the shipping
point Of the product Of thousands OF
acres The farm lands are rapidly be-
ing settled by homeseekers. and much
fine land is still on the market One
of the Improvements that is being
pushed is the draining Of the land,
as one-third to one half needs drain
age. The soil is sandy loan and red
land, the latter admitting If subsoiling,
which is frequently done. Any crop
known can be raised on this soil, and
is especially adapted to the raising
OF grass and hay Small fruits are
raised successfully, and the finest ap-
pies in the world are raised in Arkan-
sas, having taken first award at the
worlds exposition in Chicago Corn,
oats, cereals Of all kinds, field peas,
goober peas, clover, are all successful
Irish potatoes are grown in abundance,
the soil being especially adapted to
these vegetables.
klngsland is one-half mile square
Three-quarters of the population
are white, the other black. and the lat
ter are located in the southeast part
Of the town, in settlement of their
cwn, called Cuba No disastrous fires
CT epidemics have visited the tswn
The two white churcnes are the Meth
odst Of which Rev. McClntock is pas
tel, and the Baptist, of which Rev.
Cockroft is pastor
DR.. Charles Leali who removed to
kingsland from Fordyee number of
years ago, is one OF the leading citizens
and enjoys fine medical practice
The present mayor is Hon. John
Wheeler, highly respected gentle
man OF this section. The city officials
are as follows: J. H. Hall, Franeta
are as follows: E. A. Gibson, recorder ::
]. H. Hall, Frank L. Daniel, E. R. Bus
ter, ]. E. Mccoy C. C. Graves, alder.
men, and A. T. Sneed, city treasurer.
The schools. in charge of Prof
Bradf~Sd, arr as good as can be found
anywhere, and are kept apace with the
times. Prof. Bradford has four as
sistants. The school board is COM
posed OF the following gentlemen: j.
A. Nall, president; A. T. Sneef. secre.
tary; F. l.. Daniel, E. R. Buster. E.
Garrett and J. F. Varnell.
Messrs. Gibson and Leali very kindly
furnished valuable information for this
sketch.
e. r. BUSTER.