Northeast Arkansas . per acre. Agriculture will always be the leading industry ofthe people. LAWRENCE COUNTY. Area, 589 Square Miles. Population, 16,491. County Seats, WalnutRidge and Powhatan. Railway Lands for Sale, 9,350 Acres. Lawrence county is one of the leading counties of Northeast-ern Arkansas and varies in surface from mountainous in the westto great stretches of fine bottom land in the east. The soil varieswith the surface from clay loam to rich, deep alluvial deposits. Sub-soil, is red and yellow clay and in the western part is often under-laid on the plateaus by immense beds
Northeast Arkansas . per acre. Agriculture will always be the leading industry ofthe people. LAWRENCE COUNTY. Area, 589 Square Miles. Population, 16,491. County Seats, WalnutRidge and Powhatan. Railway Lands for Sale, 9,350 Acres. Lawrence county is one of the leading counties of Northeast-ern Arkansas and varies in surface from mountainous in the westto great stretches of fine bottom land in the east. The soil varieswith the surface from clay loam to rich, deep alluvial deposits. Sub-soil, is red and yellow clay and in the western part is often under-laid on the plateaus by immense beds of limestone and marble. Ironzinc, and lead are found and manganese, phosphate and sulphur areprobabilities. The full list of farm products mentioned in connec-tion with other counties in the vicinity thrive here. Her soil andthe water supply is unexcelled in both quality and quantity. Allthe leading farms are supplied with drive wells that are inexhaust-able. Timothy, clover, alfalfa, Kentucky blue grass and all the. other leading pasture and meadow grasses do well. It is a first-class live stock country. The Black river flowing through the center of the county is afine navigable stream, while the Cache in the eastern section andthe Strawberry river in the west end are also splendid and fish are plentiful and fine camping places are foundeverywhere. The county is crossed by the main lines of both theIron Mountain and Frisco systems which give first-class, compet-ing service to all leading markets. Walnut Ridge is the leadingcity, with a population of more than 1,100, is located on the IronMountain Railway near Hoxie, its junction with the Frisco wherea division station and round house is maintained by the formerroad. Other towns are Minturn, Alicia, Powhatan and BlackRock. It may not be amiss to state here that the little city ofWalnut Ridge is conspicuous for its neat, clean, thriving appear-ance. It is a first-class point for either a home or business loca-tion
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