Year: 1875

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 Through this region through these pines and other ore o uplands and lowands minerals and coal

 run direct they penetrate the valley of tcipae riches These lands the market and are offered at prices varying from $2 to s7 per acre dying and very small prares occur in this tract indeed anywhere the North Valley but the lands and grasses good the soil fair After rain summer often will De seen in these parcs saline ncustaos the grass and herbs while the dee ick in and about prove the this of all those minor prairics and even up into Washington and Benton counties

 county Pope built depressed ridges of the Illinois Range ar is within mile of the Bayou in 27 IT, R 70 Coal exists and all around Dover Iron also in the rock and beautiful clear and perfect crystals o sex arc Four miles from Dover Maj David West the oldest venerable and esteemed citizens of the county He has been resident ycars S4 old and is hale and hearty The Major served his country the Mexican war the incidents and accidents which his etentvc enables him ae makes interesting and instructive to engage m an hours conversation with him.

 upands and fertile and we'll watered coal ind disclose everywhere uss plants than

 fine white clay in small rivuet Mr. Vests which will make excellent ware adhesive At Buys miles north from Vests the Bayou drift quartz and drift lead found Dover rich ore Bluff of highly ferugnous sandstone Coal also here fonnda inch said to be good East from to be on railroad and At Edward Mobleys impressions sand stone found and supposed that limestone underneath thick bed of co" shale is here exposed

 Mr. Ia another old and citizen of the county who for has lived on the North Fork of the Illinois Bayou near tain Range has recently died

 The lowands along portion Bayou of the finest and their capacity for production all kinds of

 GRAIN, CORN, COTTON, TOBACCO GRAPES. miles west from IIales a wsprng quite and formerly worked by the Chcrokecs when they owned the country well since by white mcnsad to yield percentage of salt There saline elsewhere this zion good brine in all likelihood could be obtained by boring On this North Fork of the bayou sam Morris about six miles above Haes, lead is said to be plentiful

 description of them will nearly all Hills the Valley above Pulaski and Conway Counties will devote

 Mule Bute spur the Boston Mountain Range dividing ridge between the waters of Illinois Bayou and Pney Its altitude the mill grit formation with it's sales and congomeates, in almost every rock and coal frequently

 The soil the slopes and height which table land is for the part tlabe The range very the superior springs very fine for stock rangespecay sheep The timber both pine and oak dense Levi Creek, small ahiuent of Big Pney hundred of Pne At and around the mouth of this streamc is urog named by the Chcrokeea thriving very popuous settlement of fine land Big Piny about sixteen miles north west from Dover

 run in this vicinity At the point where struck Levi Creek T. To- R. 20 ledge of rock between sandstone which has been granite but which granite hard firm and congomerate the pebbles whereof uni omy minute and all quartz the rock almost quartz full dark bush gray cootraces of iron aherng outside is doubtless

 sroxE accessible from Pney Competent judges have ed excellent rock buhr mstones ledge exposed to southwes large blocks of it lay, inviting mers pick This ledge paEked and Ovead by beds shae feet thick it is n the midst superb pines the head of the large and ovcrowg spring cold water This spring and stream will supply mills

 On depession of the ridge between the Creek and Mill Branch small tributary of Illinois Bayou of the

 

 ntepersed with pine and other oaks Arkansas The grass aud hebage luxuriant hsie steep bench Immense quantities of whorebercs here and great profuson of wild abundant every where in the Hills Our long description of ths hill is in truth picture of the Range

 On Indian Creek which heads the h able stream flowing into Big Pney miles ledge mentioned above hard which has been used for msones grnstone grit for half mile lies the head Sloane Creek small stream en tering Indian Creek near the white forest These streams Point Remove Galley Creek Whg Creek near Norristown Illinois Bayou with it's three and both the Pneys and their aluents mill sites and run through or in neghborhoo pnees nterspersed with oak and other woods The best and greatest of pine north of the Arkansas River lies between Illinois vou and Pne proectrs with less dense nes down Point the and Spadra pine forest abu for miles the Arkansas River indeed it extends back to the Boston Mountains

 RAILROAD direct through it, Many mills region and all sawnr The land between Illinois more than usuolV broken and is good those ecounte The rock abounds huge and is fine for building purposes Snn break all through this tract good sweet lasting water reached, in from twenty to forty feet

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