The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-08
WONDERFUL RESOURCES
AWAIT DEVELOPMENT
IN CALHOUN COUNTY
Adequate Transportation
Facilities Mean Prosper
ity to Large Section.
Fertile Lands, Healthful
Climate and Thriving
Towns and Settlements

While Calhoun is one OF the oldest
counties in West Florida, from point
Of early settlement, with tremendous
natural resources il is only within re-
cent years that development upon an
extensive scale has been undertaken
For 1t is only during recent years that
Calhoun has had the advantage OF
railroad facilities, giving access TO the
great markets of the country. Pre-
vious to the advent Of the Mariana
and Biountstown Railroad, which op-
crates forty-three miles from Mari
anna, in jackson county to SCOTS
Ferry, on the Chipola river fifteen
miles south of Biountstown, the coin
ty seat, practically the entire trade OF
the county was carried on by steamers
operating on the Apalachicola river.
which bounds Calhoun county on the
east. goodly portion OF the trade OF
the county is still carried on by river.
for the section south OF SCOTS Ferry.
a distance of nearly fifty miles to the
line OF the Apalachicola Northern
Railroad, which cuts across a strip or
Calhoun near the Gulf coast is stu
without transportation facilities other
than those supplied by the two steam
er lines plying the river, one from Co
lumbus. Ga, TO Apalachicola and tho
other from Bainbridge, Ga, TO the same
punt LiOHSN IL ~ hHbeIStbOu lHdL
it IS the intention OF the Mariana AMI
Blountstown Railroad to eventually
bridge the Chipola river at SCOTS
Ferry and cary the line through tho
county to the Gulf coast. and when
this is done an immense virgin terri
tory will be opened
Not Wilderness.
But the southern section OF Calhoun
county is by no means a primitive
wilderness. although rather sparselv
settled. Wewahitchka is a thriving
little town some fifteen miles south OF
SCOTS Ferry, with a good road con-
Meeting ii with the northern part of
the county, and this Is the center OF
The Calhoun county orange and honey
idustries. There are number OF
large orange groves in the vicinity OF
Wewahitchka, some OF which have
been in bearing for over thirty years
and which produce thousands Of crates
of the finest oranges and grape fruit
annually. There are immense apiariea
all along the river in Calhoun county
and hundreds Of barrels OF strained
honey are shipped annually the Tu-
peio honey. for which this section is
noted, bringing the highest price on
the market. Some Of the best farms
III the county are to be found in the
center OF Calhoun county and the land
is fertile to a degree. Two to three
general farm crops annually are easily
possible and a complete crop failure in
unknown. large part Of this terri
tory is still II timber, much of which
is being worked by turpentine opera
tors, who WILL In the natural course OF
events, be followed by lumbermen- But
thousands Of acres Of land have been
cut over and this Land Is now available
for settlement. Prices are extremely
low, compared with the cost OF land IN
other sections of West Florida, many
tracts being now on the market at
prices ranging from So to $40 an acre
upward.
Will Grow Anything.
The land throughout Calhoun coun-
ty will grow anything that can be
grown anywhere else in West Florida,
or in the southern states, for that mat
ter, excluding only the strictly trop-
ical products Of the extreme south OF
Florida. Corn will produce from 30
bushels upward per acre; sweet potA-
toes produce anywhere from $50 TO 400
bushels per acre; watermeIons a car
load to the acre and peanuts, peas,
like proportion. The soil OF Calhoun
county is particularly suited to truck
farming and The truck crop is ready
for market at a time when there is q
dearth in the supply. The south Flor
ida truckers furnish the first Of the
supply for the northern markeis. bud
between the last OF the south lJrida
crop and the first Of the soutl Ma
barna and Georgia crop there Is an in
term when prices are high and the de-
mand for truck of all kinds iDsIStent.
This demand can be supplied by truck
ers operating in Calhoun county, and
intelligent effort In this direction will
be we'll repaid. AS yet the field -
open, for no one has yet entered the
truck business with a view TO ship
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