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1Reb TRiver Countv, Ccxa
lIIS county is in the first tier south
of Inhlid;n Territory, froin
which it is selp)lrted by
Red( River, and is tll( seconlld
countyty west of the l.,uisiana
line. The Sulphur Fork
of Red River forms its
southern 1)oundary. It
has an area of 1,062 E
square miles, and had,
in 1S90, 21,452 inihabi-
tants. Along Red River
and North Sulphur I
Fork are dense bodies
of timber, )eilng thick-
est along the stream,
and thinning out toward
the center of the county.
Between these belts of timber lies an
extensive undulating prairie traversed at
intervals by small creetls, which are also
fringed with timber dividing the great
prairie into smaller areas. The eastern
fourth of the county is more heavily
timbered than the other portions, but
even here there are small patches of
prairie land. About one-third of the
county is prairie land, the timbered por-
tions being covered with pine, three or
four varieties of oak, hickory, sone wal-
nut, bois d'arc, cedar, pecan, elm, cotton-
wood and hackberrv. Much of this tim-
ler is large, and some 14 sawmills in the
county transact a large business.
The soil in the Red River bottoms is a
rich alluvial of great depth and fertility:
that of the woodland, between the Red
River bottoms and the prairies, a gray
sandy soil; that of the Drairies, a black
waxy lime land; in the
pineries the prevailing
soil is a mellow loanm.
The annual rainfall va-
ries between 35 and 40
inches, and is well dis-tributed, so as
_- to assure fairly
s- ~ l Wtgood crops from
ear to vear.
Ur _ _'^ 'l The Red River
!~~ .^ ~ bottom lands pro-
IjlL (. duce from :4 to 1 bale of
_ i r cotton to the acre, but for
the entire county, one year
with another, 25 to 30 bush-
els of corn, 10 to 12 bush-
/ _^,~ ~els of wheat, 45 of oats, 40
of barlev, 150 of sweet pota-
toes, 100 bushels of Irish
potatoes, may be considered
a good average. Vegetables
of all descriptions yield
handsomelv in the earlier
part of the year. I'eaches, early apples,
pears, plums, etc., are grown in large
quantities. Apples yield as well, and
are equal in quality to those grown in
any of the Southern States. The culti-
vated American grapes, as well as the
wild varieties, blackberries, dewberries,
strawberries, and several other small
fruits, vield satisfactory results. As a
whole, it is a most desirable agricultural
county, and equal in productiveness to
other counties in the same part of the
State.
The last official report (1894) gives the
number of farms in the county at 1,462,
the acreage in cultivation at 82,811 acres,
and the yield at 16,139 bales of cotton.I:
573,169 bushels of corn, 56,270
bushels of small grain, 37,488
bushels of Irish and sweet
potatoes, 3,271 bushels of peas
and beans, 1,997 tons of hay,VIEW' S IN ClIARKS\VILL.E.
1, Public School. 4, Public Square.
2, Court House. 5. First Nat'l Bank.
3. Clarksville Oil Mill. 6, Cotton Compress80
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