Northeast Arkansas . or a glance at our frontispiece tells to the sportsman astory which can not be told in words. Batesville the county seat has a population of more than 2,500and is one of the leading educational centers of Arkansas. Otherpromising towns are Moorefield, Newark and Mount Olive. Thepeople of Independence county are thoroughly alive to the possi-bilities in store for the locality and are willing and anxious tolend a helping hand in the interest of progress and to welcomethe new comer, who visits the county in search of a home. POINSETT COUNTY. Area, 727 Square Miles. Population
Northeast Arkansas . or a glance at our frontispiece tells to the sportsman astory which can not be told in words. Batesville the county seat has a population of more than 2,500and is one of the leading educational centers of Arkansas. Otherpromising towns are Moorefield, Newark and Mount Olive. Thepeople of Independence county are thoroughly alive to the possi-bilities in store for the locality and are willing and anxious tolend a helping hand in the interest of progress and to welcomethe new comer, who visits the county in search of a home. POINSETT COUNTY. Area, 727 Square Miles. Population, 7,025. CountySeat, Harrisburg. Is located almost entirely outside the limits of the Iron Moun-tain land grant, and that road never had a large acreage of lands inthis county. With the exception of a narrow strip extending northand south across the center of the county, the surface is lowand level, but is all drainable and will develop rapidly into finefarms. The soil is mostly alluvial and very rich. Subsoil yellow. and red clay. Like her neighbor counties in the flat sections hertimber growth has been superb, and of great economic value. Theproducts of the soil are raised with great profit and nearly the en-tire acreage of the county is fertile, yielding all farm crops in pro-fusion. The county is at present noted for its live stock, the greatwoods pastures being utilized to some extent by the and fish are plentiful. Harrisburg is the chief town andclaims 500 inhabitants. Greenfield and Weiner are also growingvillages. A heavier negro population is found in this than in pre-ceding counties owing to a considerable area being utilized forcotton growing. Lands are very cheap, but are good in qualityand prices will rise rapidly with demand. The county is fitted forgeneral farming and its future wealth will be dug from the soil. CROSS COUNTY. Area, 629 Square Miles. Population, 11,051. CountySeat. Vanndale. Lies south of Poinsett, about one-third of the area is gen
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