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goods stores, two or three churches, one or two schools. Po- 

 pulation, 275. It is a healthy and pleasant village. 



Face of the Country, Nature of Soil. — The face of the 

 country is uneven, traversed by mountains and ridges running 

 N. E. and S. W, Although a small county, it contains much 

 good land. The bottoms are exceedingly fertile, with a very dark 

 mulatto soil, covered with the largest trees. There is, upon the 

 highlands, a soil called chestnut soil, which produces well for 

 six or seven years ; and, if manured, will last much longer. 



Value op Land. — Land is worth from 5 to #25 per acre, 

 and is increasing in value every day. 



Productions, Average Product per Acre. — Corn, tobacco, 

 wheat, oats, potatoes, cotton, and indeed almost every thing 

 which is found in other portions of Cherokee Georgia. Cotton 

 yields from 600 to 1000 lbs. per acre ; corn from 3 to 8 barrels 

 per acre ; wheat from 10 to 18 bushels per acre. Hogs are 

 raised in great numbers, and some mules and horses for 

 market. 



Valleys and Mountains. — Chattooga is a beautiful county, 

 interspersed with rich and delightful valleys and mountains, 

 unfolding picturesque and highly interesting scenery. The 

 names of the principal valleys are Broomtown, Chattooga, and 

 Armucha. The mountains are Taylor's Ridge and John's moun- 

 tain ; there is also a very high peak which stands by itself, 

 called Dirtseller mountain ; the Indians called it Karte Kun- 

 teesky. 



Manufactures, Mills. — Tryon factory manufactures cot- 

 ton goods. Saw-mills, 8 ; grist-mills, 6 ; flour-mills, 4. 



Original Settlers. — Francis Kirby, Charles Price, John 

 F. Beavers, Edmund Sturdivant, Nelson AUman, Hu2;h Mont- 

 gomery. 



Religious Sects, Education. — Missionary and Anti-mis- 

 sionary Baptists, Methodists, and Presbytei^ians. Good schools, 

 well supported, are in almost every part of the county. Edu- 

 cation generally is on the advance. 



Character of the People. — This county is filled with an 

 industrious and hospitable people, whose whole object seems 

 to be, to labour for the comforts of life, and afterwards to enjoy 

 them. 



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