Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-10-09
TEXAS EMIGRATION AND
LAND CONH ANY.
800 ACRES OF LAND For $40. - l6G ACRES OF LAND
FOR SO.
rEvlIE Texas s ,alssAsloN la ourAur har.

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and 10th January. lS43. grating lniids 10 Eeii-
grants. will continue to give 32O acres OF iand 10
families. and 100 acres. of and 10 single men
over II years of age. until The lst o.,y of Jaly,
lS4S, conditioned. that I'm: -fny shall ,'ay SEQ.
and The single $40, for the surveying fees.
A family, 5 defined in our Contracts lnusi con
sist Of
"A man and his wife, wiki or wtiou, chill.
dren.''
"A widower with two or more children; If
males under II years Of age, if females unn,ar-
| red.''
"a widow with two more children; if males
urder II years Of age, if females unmarried"
Two single men the age of seyentoea
years, each one being entitled to I6O acres.'
On his ARRIVAL in tho Colony, the Emgrant
should forthwith apply to The agent of the Com
pany, Mr.. Henry .. Hedgcoxe. residing AT Ste
warlsvilIe in Denton county, who willat all times
be ready to assist him in the selection of his
land aud enter the same books kept for thar
purpose. aid give hina certificate thereof; which
certificate will DO evidence Of his having settled
I in. the Colony in due time.
Our Grant liee in the North Eastern part of
Texas, between The 32d and 34th degrees Of Int
itude North. and I9th and 2s3i degrees of Lonoi-
tude West. from Washington; beginning on The
south side of Red river, at point I2 miles east
OF the False Ouachtta running thence due South
lUo miles, thence East-l64 miles, thence North
100 miles, thence West l64 miles TO the benin
ming, leaving front on the nlea nderinns of Red
river of nearly 300 miles; and includes within it's
limits the Upper and Lower Cross Timbers and
the head waters Of the Brasos and Trinity rivers
the Trinity being navigabie for steamboats, Of
light draught, from tho interior Of the Colony la
the Gulf Mexico into which IL cmpties some 25
miles from Galveston, and Red river TO the Mis-
sissipp, aiiordng outlet for tho surpus pro.
ductions of the country. This portion of Texas
is peculiarly adapted 10 the growth Of wheat ex-
perlence within the last two years having tested
the fact that it will produce 40 bushels 20 Tho
acre, Weighing 65 TO 20 pounds to the busheI =
Indian corn, rye, barley, oats, sweet and Irish
potatoes, peos beans. melons. garden vegetables.
of all kinds, cotton. hemp and tobacco. aad Tho
celebrated muskeet grass which covers the prai-
ries and upon which cattle subsist and keep fat
during the winter, and require only to be occa-
sionaiIy solted and kept together, they rear them
in great numbers.
The Planting season commences in February
and continues until July; but the early crops nre
most productive. Efnigranls should go on in the
fall or winter 10 be ready TO put in an early
crop. Those going from Missouri, Iowa. Wscon.
sin, and the northern parts of Illinois and Indiana
should go through Missouri or Arkansas to VAN
BU REM. Fl. Smith, F.. Towson, Cofee's Station
or Pine Bluff. thence into the settlements in the
direction of The Forks Of The Trinity. Those
going from other sections of The Union, south.
should go 20 Helena or Columbia, Ark. Mem
phis, Tenn. or Nalchez, Miss, and thence across
by land; or TO New Orleans, and thence by steam
boat up Red river 10 Shreveport. Louisiana. NJ
which place an agent will be stationed who will
give the emgran!s directions to their route by
land to Dallas and Ssewortsville distance OF
some 200 miles.
Our colony is rapidly filing up with an indus.
trlous, Intelligent and moral people, and must
soon become the most poPuous part Of Texas
The Government has recently formed the couu-
tics OF GrGySon, Dallas, Denton, Collin, and IA
part of Robertson and Navarro within the Grant
1t Is decidedly the most healthy part OF the State
the lands having gently undulating surface -
there are no. ponds, swamps or marshes and no
local cause f + disease. The atmosphere is pure
and pleasant. During the warmest months of
summer there is a constant breeze PLAYING over
the praireS, and the nights are invariably cool:
the thermometer rover rises over S5 10 So and
in the winter never falls below so degrees Fah
renheit. 1t abounds in springs, and at The depth
OF hteen or twenty feet, in the midst of the prai.
rle, tho best water can be had; all the sraalI
streams are pecutlarly clear and crystal-ire-
Colonel William Myers, who removed the ,e from.
Iarrard county. KY, last fall, SAYS 10 n letter
dated 9Th May, lS47.-"l will not We otnra 70 toll
my friends in kentucky that the land here yvasha,.
ter than the best land in Kentucky. because thew
would not believe L; but now | assert it. for the
SOILS deeper, being in many r,Iaces five feet. and
the kindest land to work ev err M, n niongb in.
verify believe that aroun1 i the forks OF the Fri
nity, lies the largest body of frst.rate Iand in
America" From the for1s of Trinity TO Santa
re, Is only about 600 miles by the old Spapish
lfai'' anu the nows papers in Texas are now nd
Hocatlng The route. up the Trinity, and from it's
ior"S Oy 'and' as in every respect preferable to
!no one 6y ir irdependence, No. Why should EN-
grants lh;nK of going to Oregon or California,
"hel 'ney can obtain better land for nothing, so
much n, ,arer home
inis Is. perhaps, the last opportunity that will
ever offer on the continent of America oS get
ting lands for the mere cost of surveys and Cost
81 deeds. Our Colony is emphalicaily The pIaco
Tor the poor mans horne: there he does no, have
TO feed his cattle for six or seven months in the
year; there he will have a home market for nil
the surplus he can produce for years to come.
4 ana with industry and economy, speedily become
rich
Let 20 Emgrant lose sight Of the important
Iact mat our contracts with the Government Of
iexas expire on the lst day of Julv, 1913. and
that he must not only be in the Colony. but Tint
he must have selected his land, built a house or
CABIN thereon, and be residing therein with his
tamhy by that day;-onc day after that date. and
Inc opportunity OF getting land for nothing. is.
! perhaps, lost for ever. Persons desiring nddi
tionai Information, bv add dresSno The M