The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-11-09
JUST q
YEARS AGO
A Description of Winn
Parish Then.
REPRINT FROM SENTINEL
Published in 1883 Shows How
Things We're at That
Time.

Seatinel dated October b, 1903.
we reprint the following article:
The parish of Winn is situated
in what is generally termed North
Louisiana, and is bounded north
by the parishes of Caldwell, Jack
son and Bienville; on the south
BY Red River and the parish of
Grant, Ga considerable portion of
which was originally in the terri
tory uf Winn); on the east by
Caldwell and Catahoula parishes,
and on the west by Natchitoches
and Bienville parishes, the boun-
Diary line between Natchitoches
and WInn being the Saline Bayou.
q stream that is susceptible of
navigation from st. Maurice, on
Red River, to what is known as
brakes old salt works, distance
of about twenty-five miles. In
mentioning the possible head of
navigation we desire to say some
thing of that place. The Bayou
at this point has aproverbial rep
utation for the most excellent
fishing, and there is also there an
arteslan well, the depth of which
is said to be nine hundred feet;
the waters coming out of the well
are said to be a sure and certain
cure for dyspepsia, and the worst
case of sore eyes can be cured by
the use of the water by bathing
the eyes in it. Very near the
we'll Is a spring of cool water that
contains both sulphur and soda.
There are hundreds of persons
who visit this place every year,
and few who make one visit to
the place fail to make the second.
The only drawback to the place
is there are no hotel accommo-
dations, an enterprise that would
pay largely, if entered into BY
some capitalist.
There are numerous large
bayous running through the
parish, to-wit: Desdimonia, Cas-
tor, Iatt, Nantcahez, Big Greek,
Antoine, Porte Loup, and many
others; lands bordering on them
are of the best quality as to fertil-
ity, the growth of timber being
White, Red, Pin, and in fact
all varieties of Oak, Hickory,
Ash and Dogwood, all indicative
of the fertility of the land. The
parish is noted also for its won
derful long leaf pine forests.
which have recently been consid-
erably taken up by Northern
lumbermen. The New York
Lumber Company, the largest of
these, represented by Gen. j. r.
Silliman, of New York, have al
ready commenced operations on
their large tract of timbered
lands lying on the banks of Bayou
Saline. They have two estab-
lished camps, and are fast Telling
their trees, and putting them in
Saline Bayou, to be foated to
their extensive mills at Alexan.
dria. They are also engaged in
putting in numerous locks and
dams on the bayou so as to carry
out their logs in low. as we'll as
high water. When they com.
menced their operations, they
were regarded with distrust BY
the citizens. They have beer
with US now for more than a year
and the citizens know that any.
thing they have as surplus OF
their products or industries car
be sold at the "camps," and
many farmers who finish theil
crops and have leisure. get imme
diate employment at fair wages
By this company. ge
We have in several sections Of
the parish bodies of what i
known as black prairie lands, and
is noted for the production OF
grain crops; tLer ale considered