. History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. ts in the county, employing 85teachers, and a number of the towns haveweU organized high schools. 518 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI In the extreme southeast corner of thestate, bordering the ]\Iississippi river and ex-tending to the Arkansas line, is Pemiscotcounty, with an area of 480 square miles,about one-sixth of which is being land is all level and is alluvial are immense ciuantities of timber re-maining in Pemiscot county though it israpidly
. History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. ts in the county, employing 85teachers, and a number of the towns haveweU organized high schools. 518 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI In the extreme southeast corner of thestate, bordering the ]\Iississippi river and ex-tending to the Arkansas line, is Pemiscotcounty, with an area of 480 square miles,about one-sixth of which is being land is all level and is alluvial are immense ciuantities of timber re-maining in Pemiscot county though it israpidly being removed. In 1910 fully thirtymillion feet of lumber was shipped out of thecomity. The land is extremely fertile and ber of branches. The population is 19,559and the total taxable wealth is $3,369, are 48 school districts in the county,employing 70 teachers. Caruthersville, the coimty seat, is a townof about 3,500 and is a flourishing and pros-perous community. Besides Caruthersville,Hayti, Cottonwood Point, Pascola and Steeleare the most important communities. Perry coimty is on the Mississippi river,. Simply a Big Oil Tank is adapted to the growth of corn, wheat andother grains, the production of cotton, andespecially to the growth of alfalfa, which inall probability will become the leading cropof the county. The principal factories ar6those devoted to the handling of timber, cot-ton and cotton seed oil. The total value ofmanufactured articles in 1910 was $1,840,-612. The most important of these productswere cotton, lumber, cooperage and oils. The county has only the St. Louis & SanFrancisco Railway system, including a num- about 60 miles south of St. Louis. It contains436 square miles of surface, most of which atone time was covered with a heavy growthof Cottonwood, oak, walnut, willow and gumtimber. At the present time more than halfthe area of the county is under of the land is rolling, some of it are considerable areas of level
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