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HARRISON
COUNTY
Situated in
the north
northwestern
part of the
State, is
bounded on the
north
by the Iowa State
line.
The surface is
principally
prairie, but
in some
sections broken.
The
timber is mostly
confined
to the margins of
water
courses, and
consists of
white, black,
pin,
and burr oak, walnut,
sugar tree, maple,
linn,
sycamore, birch, cherry,
cottonwood, hackberry,
ash, hickory, etc.,
which
skirt the streams,
and
stand
here and there in
groves.
The soil is
generally
fertile, and
produces
all kinds of
grain, fruit and
vegetables
that grow
in this latitude. There
are fifteen sawmills and
three flouring
mills on
Grand River and
Big Creek.
There is other
fine
waterpower
unimproved. The
inducements to
immigration
are – rich soil, good
timber,
healthy
climate, clear, rapid
streams, and good demand
for all articles
produced.
This is an
excellent
county for stock
growing.
The
Source is:
P.M. Pinckard,
The
Missouri
handbook, St.
Louis, 1865,
162
pgs.
Transcribed
by
Donna
Walton
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