VOLUME V. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20, *905. NUMBER i76.
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| White River Country
^ Beauty and Richness
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By H. C. Townsend, G. P. A. Missouri Pacific System.
Beautiful rivers have been the
theme of poets since the world
began. Wherever people have
lived, loved and died, there some
iver has been immortalized by
'-''•e w; iter’s pen and the poet’s
song. In sparsely settled coun
tries there are beautiful rivers
that have yet to become widely
known, among them the White
River of Arkansas, rivaling the
blue Danube and the gentle Mo
hawk in attractiveness with its
tributaries, draining a surface of
17,400 square miles. It takes its
rise in Southern Missouri, near
to see and enjoy its beauties. A
lover of nature cannot look on
these handiworks of the Creator
without feelings of awe and ad
miration.
One’s attention is directed in
: passing, to Calico Rock, in Izard
| county. Here is one of the won
I derful formations of this coun
1 try. A mountain side rising per
pendicular and sheer from the
| river six hundred feet, laid off
' in segments and squares the hor
| izontal stripes in gray, brown
| and white, with perpendicular
; ones of green and black, formed
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of beauty. Shelvy bank and op
j posite moss-grown rocky ledge
tempt the eye to linger on the
i scene.
It is little wonder that former
savage tribes bitterly opposed
the onward march of the pion
j eers with the natural treasures
| of this land —the nonpareil of
1 hunting and fishing preserves —
j as the object of contention. Civ
1 ilization has found a foothold suf
| fieient to redeem the country to
1 progress and enlightenment, but
the savage denizfens of the for
est are no more, and their canoes
no longer dart hither and thither
on the winding stream. The
white man now emulates the ex
ample of his dusky brother, and
canoeing is a prime and growing
sport on these waters so perfect
ly adapted to its requirements.
The game remains practically
undisturbed on the uplands, and
wild fowl flock to the streams
where also many varieties of fish
abound.
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White River Division—St. Louis, iron mountain and southern Railway.
Carthage, at the foot of the:
Ozark mountains, running in a
southeasterly direction until it
empties into the Arkansas.
- It would dwarf the description
to cal! this scenic route “The
Hudson of the West,” and thei
expression could properly be
used only on account of the pre- j
cedent fame of the Eastern i iver.
The White River country is dis
tinctly itself, unlike other Amer
ican routes and paramount to all
others in scsnic beauty and
charm. I-. is as though the na -
by the action of mineral waters
pouring over the cliff.
Inaccessible and stony-fronted
precipices may awe the beholder;
the everlasting snows strike a
chill to the heart, with the idea
of wonder uppermost in the
mind; the languorous blooms and
hazy stretches of southland lull
the beho der to a satisfied sense
of repose; freaks of nature,
where yawning chasms break an
apparently limitless expanse of
sandy barren waste, may startle
and affright the searcher after
Here and there appear farms
in prosperous contentment, some
recently carved out of the na
tional domain. The traveler
looks down upon strips of allu
vial soil under cultivation in the
valleys, while orchards topping
the elevations show what can be
done when the forests shall have
been cleared. The habitable bit
of country is not here the excep
tion, but everywhere, as far as
the eye can reach, may thrive
and all the influences for social
advancement and prosperity find
PENTER’S BLUFF, WHITE RIVER RAILROAD. __ _
ural attractions of other sections
of the country had been exploit
ed, the genius of the White Riv
er lying dormant until all other?
had sho wn their power, the new
wondei now7 rising in glory tc
surpass anything heretofore
known.
The bluff scenery is beautiful
and grand, especially at ziujiaU
Gap,- where it is the onder anc
delight of all who are permittee
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novelty; but here in this nature’s
picture gallery, the White River
country, verdure-clad hills are
passed in review with none of
the dead, arid waste of land and
stone, but “woods over woods in
gay theatric pride” form a rest
ful background in green.
The river winds in and out on
>|a course that apparently was
! made as devious as possit le i ^
’ order to lengthen the prrora ta
■ their widest scope. While the
‘ scenery here is on a smaller scale,
as compared with almost limit
less reaches in the mountains of
other regions, prospective is not
wanting, and the eye is charmed
with a sense of life—nature in
her pleasantest garb.
The varying character and
widely different features of this
new .-untry’s attractions cannot
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November 21st
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on the White river division of
the Iron Mountain route has
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j which, it is not too much to say,
I is unequaled in general beauty
i and startling surprises. The eye
‘dwells upon a charming scene
j which, like the slide of the ster
ieopticon, is suddenly withdrawn
Jas the train darts through a tun
i nel and emerges upon an entirely
different view. Monotony is out
i of the question unless it be that
a sense of sameness is experi
jencedin rapidly shifting scenes
| which terminate only with the
'day.
Over five thousand delighted
1 tourists and excur .mists have
alreadv availed themselves of the
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