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CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



that time it was the occupation of a nmnbeir of lumbermen to 

 buy logs in the interior and deliver them to other buyers at the 

 river. Most of the rafts were taken to Pittsburg and other 

 cities below. 



Present Forest Conditions. 



From 80 to 90 per cent of the county is cleared land. The 

 woodland contains only a little good timber and is owned by 

 farmers who hold it for domestic purposes in connection with 

 their farms. In parts of Mannington and Lincoln districts, 

 especially, there are woodlots of considerable size which con- 

 tain valuable stands of hardwoods. 



MARSHALL COUNTY. 



Location and Area. 



Marshall county, situated at the base of the Northern Pan- 

 handle, was formed in 1835 from part of Ohio county. Its 

 area is 315.26 square miles or 201,766 acres. 



Topography. 



^'This county has long been a rich agricultural area, 

 especially north of an east and west line through the mouth of 

 Fish Creek. South of this line, however, the hills are higher, 

 steeper and rougher, and better adapted to grazing than to 

 tillage."* The hillsides facing the streams throughout the 

 county are rough and steep and the valleys mostly narrow. 

 jThe elevation varies from 591 feet at the Ohio river to 1590 

 feet near the town of Rocklick in the eastern part. 



The Ohio river flows at the western border of the county 

 for about 28 miles. This stream with its main tributaries — 

 Fish creek. Grave creek and Wheeling creek — furnishes abund- 

 iant drainage. 



*West Va. Geological Surv. Rep. of Marshall, Tyler, Wetzel 

 Cos. p. 7. 



