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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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