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Second growth. Thrifty. Saplings are not abundant, except on wood lots 

 adjoining the farm land. 



Rate of grototlt. Medium. 



Prices of land. From $2 to $5 per acre. 



MOUNTAIN CREEK BASIN. 



Mountain Creek rises under Stone Mountain and flows southward into Pigeon 

 River about i miles below the State line. The valley is well settled and has some 

 good farms in it, although most of the land in cultivation is hillside. 



HURRICANE CREEK BASIN. 



Hurricane Creek rises on the west side of Naked Place Mountain and flows 

 south west ward into Pigeon River. The topography of its valley is not nearly so 

 rough as that of the creeks below, and as the stream is longer its fall is not so 

 rapid, and there are some extensiv^e areas of rolling farm land and a few limited 

 alluvial V>ottoms. The creek is well settled from 1 mile above its mouth to its 

 headwaters. The forests along the lower part of the creek are composed largely 

 of white pine, especially south of Hurricane Ridge the watershed between this 

 creek and Cold Spring Creek. Hard woods form the forests in the upper part of 

 its basin. No culling has been done except for local use, as the distance from 

 points of transportation is too great. The soils are sandy loams, derived largely 

 from gneiss, and are fairly productive. Besides the usual crops which are found 

 in the mountains, some bright tobacco is raised on this stream and carried to 

 Clyde or Waynesville for sale. 



CRABTREE CREEK BASIN. 



The valley of this creek is extensive. It has numerous forks penetrating 

 Oak, Crabtree Bald, Glade, and Newfound mountains. Many of the slopes are 

 gentle, free from stone, and with good soil well adapted for, grass, while there 

 are extensive areas of level alluvial at Crabtree arid at several points above. 

 Nearly all of the available land is under cultivation, and there are many hillside 

 farms on Glade Mountain and near the headwaters of the stream that are devoted 

 largely to grass. The slopes of Crabtree Bald are rugged, and there are few 

 farms to be found upon them. There was never very much white pine above the 

 mouth of Rush Fork, the forest being almost entirely hard wood. Small mills 

 have cut out nearly all of the best poplar, oak, and ash. There are probably, 

 however, three to four million feet of hard-wood timber on the upper waters of 

 the creek, largely in the numerous hollows which indent the Crabtree Bald. The 

 distance from the forks of the creek to Clyde, the nearest railroad station, is 

 about 10 miles. 



