Daviess County, Indiana needs a
County Host This county bears
the name of Colonel
Daviess, who fell in the battle of Tippecanoe. The soil of the county
is varied, but rich; and well adapted to the growth of articles usually
cultivated in the West. The White river bottoms have a rich, black
loam, in some places slightly sandy, which produces magnificent crops
of corn and other grain. These bottoms were originally heavily
timbered, and along the west fork, are from one to two miles wide; on
the east fork, about half that width. The northeastern portion of the
county is rolling, and heavily timbered; the northwestern portion is
level and interspersed with prairies and skirts of timber; the centre
is level barrens; the south and east, rolling, with formerly heavy
timber. Formerly, this county presented some magnificent forests of
walnut and beach, and other timber.
Washington is the county seat of Daviess county. It is a small town, but full of life and thrift, surrounded by a rich and fertile district, with good railroad facilities; in the near future it cannot fail to grow and prosper. It has good incorporated schools. The district schools of the county are fully up to the average. 
    
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