Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas Comprising a Condensed History of the State: A Number of Biographies of Distinguished Citizens of the Same a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas Comprising a Condensed History of the State: A Number of Biographies of Distinguished Citizens of the Same a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties<br><br>Of twenty-three States where are-reported 134 destructive tornadoes four were in Arkansas.<br><br>The annual mean temperature of Los Angeles Cal is about 1° less than that of Little Rock.<br><br>The watershed of the State runs from the north of west to the southeast from the divide of the Ozark Mountain range except a few streams on the east side of the State which flow nearly parallel with the Mississippi River which runs a little west of south along the line of the State. North of the Ozark divide the streams bear to a northerly direction.<br><br>Of the navigable rivers within its borders the Arkansas is navigable 505 miles; Bartholomew Bayou 68 miles; Black River. 147 miles; Current River 63 miles; Fourche La Favre River 73 miles; Little Missouri River 74 miles; Little Red River 48 miles; Little River 98 miles; Missis sippi River 424 miles; Ouachita River 134 miles; Petit Jean River 105 miles; Red River 92 miles; Saline River 125 miles; St. Francis River 180 miles; White River 619 miles.<br><br>These streams ?ow into the Mississippi River and give the State an unusual navigable river frontage. And they run so nearly in parallel lines to each other and are distributed so equally as to give especially the eastern half and the southwest part of the State the best and cheapest transporta tion facilities of any State in the Union. These free rivers will in all times control the extortions of transportation lines that are so oppressive to the people of less favored localities.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.