A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . LXXX ST. TAMMANY PARISH. This parish is situated in the southeastern part ofthe State, has a population of 13,335, and contains 590,720acres of land. The formation is pine hills, pine flats,alluvial land and wooded swamp; soil fertile and pro-ductive. It is drained by Pearl Kiver, West Pearl,Chefuncta (or Tchefuncta) Eiver, and Bogue Chitto,Bogue Falia and other streams. The New Orleans audNorthensteru Kailroad, belonging to the Queen and Cres-cent system, passes through the parish. Covington, population 1,205, situated on th
A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . LXXX ST. TAMMANY PARISH. This parish is situated in the southeastern part ofthe State, has a population of 13,335, and contains 590,720acres of land. The formation is pine hills, pine flats,alluvial land and wooded swamp; soil fertile and pro-ductive. It is drained by Pearl Kiver, West Pearl,Chefuncta (or Tchefuncta) Eiver, and Bogue Chitto,Bogue Falia and other streams. The New Orleans audNorthensteru Kailroad, belonging to the Queen and Cres-cent system, passes through the parish. Covington, population 1,205, situated on the BogueFalia, is the parish seat. It is connected with the NewOrleans aud Northeastern Railroad at West Pearl Sta-tion. Sugar, rice, cotton, corn, hay, oats, beans, sweetand Irish potatoes and truck garden varieties are exten-sively raised. So famous has this parish become as a health resort,that it is known everywhere now as the Ozone of cases of lung complaints have been suc-cessfully cured by this salubrious climate. Beautifulsprings, whose water
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