GEOLOGY OF' HENRY COUNTY.



the western part. The county has two hundred miles of turn-
pike, and more will be constructed in the near future, as some
parts of the county are greatly in need of improved roads.
There are three chartered colleges located, respectively, at
Eminence, Sulphur and Campbellsburg, while at New Castle,
an University for Colored Youths has been organized. The
common school system in the county is in about an average
condition.
  The elevation of pool No. 3 on the Kentucky river is 455i
feet above sea level, and the highest points in the county
are about 00 feet higher still. These higher points are along
the southern border, and form the water-shed between the
waters flowing into the Kentucky and the Salt river, respect-
ively. Nearly all the drainage is into the former, through
Flat, Sand Ripple, Stevens, Pot Ripple, Six-mile, Drennon
and Cane creeks, strictly within the county, and through
Mill creek and the Little Kentucky river, which reach Henry
through Carroll and Trimble counties. Harrod's creek heads
in the western part, and reaches the Ohio through Oldham
and Jefferson, while some small branches, heading in Henry,
reach Salt river through Floyd's Fork and Brashear's creek.
The whole surface of the county is well drained, the larger
part having deep lines, which have been excavated several
hundreds of feet beneath the general surface.

                   GENERAL GEOLOGY.

  A connected section of the various divisions of the rocks
in the county gives a total of nearly 900 feet. With an actual
elevation of less than 500 feet, it must be seen at a glance that
the formations are not horizontal, but must have a considerable
dip. The rocky floor of the county has a strong dip towards
the north-west. This can be easily seen along the Kentucky
river, where nearly 400 feet of strata, exposed at the southern
edge of the county, have disappeared under the river, when
reaching its northern line. The greater dip is west of the
trend of the river here, and can not be seen, but may be esti-
mated from the elevation of Smithfield, Jericho and other
points, and from the thickness of the different divisions. The



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