 It is a fine, rich valley, about thirty miles from Port Platte; heavily timbered with mahogany all round; well watered; flowers so beautiful; fruits in abundance, so delicious that you could not refrain from stopping to eat, till you could eat no more.My sons have laid out good roads, and built bridges and mills; the people are improving, and everything is prosperous.Kingsley died in the next year, while en route to New York City to work on a land deal.