CHAPTER IV. 
REPORT BY COUNTIES. 
ARKANSAS COUNTY. 
The southern portion of Arkansas County lies in the flat bottom 
lands of White and Arkansas rivers. The central and northern 
parts are higher. All the large streams of the county flow south. 
Between the streams are gently rolling prairies, which vary in width 
from 2 to 15 miles. The Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad 
follows the main ridge or prairie land from Stuttgart to Gillett. The 
ridge ends about 5 miles south of Gillett. 
The prairie or ridge land in the northern part of the county extends 
eastward to White River. From near Searcy to Crocketts Bluff, in 
Arkansas County, a series of bluffs or steep banks extend along the 
west side of White River. The character of the country along the 
river is made apparent by such names as Devall Bluff, Mount Adams, 
and Crocketts Bluff. South of Crocketts Bluff the high bank on 
the west side of White River gradually falls away into low bottom 
lands. 
The soils of the county fall naturally into two groups — (1) the allu- 
vial sandy soils along the rivers and large streams and (2) the prairie 
soils. The soils of the prairie lands are reddish to gray clay, which 
has a maximum thickness of 30 feet. Below the surface clay comes a 
bed of quicksand, or common fine sand, which furnishes the water 
supply for the shallow wells of the district. 
The following well record at Stuttgart gives the characteristic 
strata of the prairie lands : 
Section of strata at Stuttgart. 
Feet. 
Drab-colored clay 1- 1^ 
Red to brownish clay 8-10 
Reddish sand 3-15 
Red or blue clay, locally called soapstone 8-15 
Gray quicksand 3-30 
Gravel, water bearing 3-12 
Quicksand (?) 
Clay (?) 
A bed of lignite is found at many places just above the bed of 
gravel. 
The only clay product manufactured in the county is common 
building brick, made from the surface red clay at Stuttgart. 
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