592 WALKER COUNTY. 



that time. There are three or four excellent flour-mills, of 

 which McCulloch's is the most celebrated. There are six dis- 

 tilleries in the county. 



Value of Town Lots, &c. — The value of town lots is 

 $24,298. Value of stock in trade, $18,844. Money at in- 

 terest, $6,960. 



Nature of the Soil, Value op Land. — A great diver- 

 sity of soil exists in this county. The first quality is alluvial, 

 on the bottoms of the streams, of a dark chocolate colour, 

 adapted to corn, wheat, rye, oats, and potatoes ; average 

 value, $15 per acre. The second quality are the valley lands, 

 gray and dark soil, adapted to corn and cotton ; average value 

 $7 per acre. The third quality are the lands lying between 

 the valleys, called ridge lands; average value $1 per acre. 

 The fourth quahty embrace the mountain lands, worth 25 

 cents per acre, fit for grazing, and finely timbered. 



Towns. — Lafayette is the capital, beautifully situated, 

 having a court-house built at the expense of $7,000 ; a jail, two 

 churches. Baptist and Methodist, each having a bell ; two 

 hotels, six stores, four groceries, three tailors, two blacksmiths, 

 one shoe shop, one saddlery, two cabinet-rnakers, six carpen- 

 ters, two bricklayers, one tanner, six or seven lawyers, three 

 doctors, and one academy. Distant from Milledgeville 210 

 miles, from Summerville 18, from Chattanooga 24, from the 

 Medicinal Springs 10, from the nearest point on the State road 

 21 ; from Pigeon mountain 2^, and 12 from the Lookout 

 mountain. It is considered a healthy town. The water is 

 excellent, and the scenery around it, is grand beyond descrip- 

 tion. Several intelligent gentlemen reside in this town, and 

 take much pleasure in showing visiters the curiosities of 

 the country. This place was formerly called Chattooga, but 

 in 1836 the name was changed to that of Lafayette. 



Ringold is a town of recent date, situated in^ romantic 

 part of the county, and bids fair to be one amor^ the most 

 flourishing towns in Cherokee Georgia. 



Average Product per Acre. — Cotton averages 800 lbs. 

 per acre, corn 35 bushels, wheat 15, barley 30, and rye 10. 



Miscellaneous Remarks. — Hicks, Taylor, and Ross, emi- 

 nent Cherokees, once resided in this county. There are apple- 



