All the western states and territories . point. During floodtimes the river has been known to rise twenty feet in twelve hours. Insevere weather in winter, it is sometimes frozen over. Opposite the city thesoil is very fertile, producing cotton from five to eight feet high. Batesville, the county seat of Independence county, 95 miles north-erly from Little Rock, is on the left bank of the White Eiver, about250 miles south\yosterly from St. Louis, and 1,040 from lies at the head of steam navigation, small steamboats ascendingat nearly all seas;ons. The place contains about 1,000 i
All the western states and territories . point. During floodtimes the river has been known to rise twenty feet in twelve hours. Insevere weather in winter, it is sometimes frozen over. Opposite the city thesoil is very fertile, producing cotton from five to eight feet high. Batesville, the county seat of Independence county, 95 miles north-erly from Little Rock, is on the left bank of the White Eiver, about250 miles south\yosterly from St. Louis, and 1,040 from lies at the head of steam navigation, small steamboats ascendingat nearly all seas;ons. The place contains about 1,000 182{!, says Col. Noland, in his sketches of Early Times in Arkan-sas, Batesville was the second town in importance in Arkansas. At ARKANSAS. 649 that time there were no towns or villages on White River from Bates-ville to its mouth. Helena, on the right bank of the Mississippi, is 100 miles fromLittle Eock, 100 from Napoleon, and 100 from Memphis. It has alarge trade with the back country and the settlements on St. Francis. Helena. River, fi-om which it i-eceives considerable cotton for shipment. Thereis a fine range of hills back of the landing, the first to be seen on thewestern bank of the Mississippi.
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