Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-04-02
For the Register.
BOUT TEXAS.
FALLING SPRINa, -
Near Shenhefdstnwn. March 70.


with your request and in answer 10 nu,
merous enquiries relative TO the o'a'e OF
Texas. it's soil. productions. price OF
lands, elm ale. &C., propose giving ihIo
the medium of your interesting Register.
NV experience Of what saw and learned
from relisble sources. Entering the great
State from the Island OF Galveston. you
are launched inio county OF immense
magnitude, containing about 2o7.504
square miles. or IT'S. 5000 acres. more
than three and one half times az large a.
all the New England States or Ave times
az large as the Sale OF New York. Those
now in authority in this State are endeaV.
oring 10 cui up and divide II into three or
four separate aud disnnci States. hongh
the people do not wish a.. lhIs great
State has been classed into Northern,
Eastern, Middle. Southern and Western
Texas. each great subdivision being char.
aclerislc of vsriou. and different Prodnc-
tons. The varied productions and many
! attractive features Ct The SiaIe OF Texas
are calculated 10 tract large flowing TIDE
!
10 find all the pleasant attractions center
| ed in one location; We cant ind il on this
earth, il was 10, s0 in Paradise. for Sa-
Tan entered that territory and all ideas oil
! of Paradise con-equ' My, ended. In
wiring This article, only propose 10 give
such information as will be most lmpor-
,ani and interesting to immigrants, IN as
condensed form as possible. We lind
in these subdivisions, productions and
general appearances peculiar 10 each.
! The northern counties Of the Stale en-
brace Lat is usually csllrd the great
heat region. although wheat and other
cereals are al.o raised in the adjoining
! counties farther south, aud also IN pOr.
! tiuns of middle. eastern and western Tex
as, though the average ) icld is not SO
great, OF the grain as We developed. ow.
ing 10 The blighung rusts that often s6ec.
| il. This section Uf the State produces
good cotton. corn, rye. oats, bsrley,sweei
and IRISH po,stoes, and all kind of garden
vegetables. &c. The products OF ihi.
portion Of tie Stale arc now subjected TO
account OF not having railroad farlli'ie'
blu, as the Texas Central Railroad, is
rapidly progressing 10 tap this great whea,
region. end penetrate 10 the Red River
at Preston in The county Of Grayson. con-
Meeting With tEie Missouri River railroad.
and extending north ward By way oil
Kansas Guy, thus producing an easy out
let to this vas, grsin producing country,
and conveying il to one OF The best mar
kes in the world The people Of this Ie'
gion expect 10 see this very important
work completed in three years 1t has
now progressed beyond Calvert in Falls
county. di,tsnre Of ls5 miles from Gal
weston. This grain growing section OF
country is considered rather the bes. for
fruit, especially apples. pears. peaches
plums, &c. Horses. cattle, sheep. hogs
and goats. are raised by the tens of thous-
ands here. wi'hou, any other food than
that obtained by themselves on the open
prsiries. This great region comprlsrs
abou. 80 or 40 counties lying above the
coast reg ion and between the head OF the
Neches River on the cas-, and the Rio
Guadalupe on The southwest. lmmi-
grants going torexa,, ere supposed TO
have, spec fic. well defined Intentions Of
the kind OF business they expect to en-
gage in. and OF course they select such
portions OF the State best suited to their
purposes. My intentions were. to raise
cattle and cultivate the soil as specisllies,
having an eye TO Other matters; and from
nv own observation and the practical cx
perlsnce Of old settlers. have arrived al
the conclusion. that for fertility OF soil.
varied productions. ease OF cultivation.
magnificent. boundless range for raising
stock Of I'll kinds. hta'tN. water Tor stock.
climate. timber. immediate prospects OF
! Railro al facilities and advantages derived
therefrom, render this section OF the Stale
most attractive. The unsccIimaied who
settle on low. fiat l,nds. ard use creek
and river water are very liable - chill and
fevers. This IS renedisd by building
back from the water courses on the high
rolling rrairie. and uslng cistern water.
Ague and lever seems tn prevail all over
the Safe. where the people are not care
full in selecting jndicious locations for
their houses, and ,hr free use of the rot
ten limestone water Of the creeks. even
the water obtained from wells is not con-
sidered healthy for Immigrants. Middle
Texas. betaeen Trinity and Colorado
Rivers. is better supplied with Railroads
al present than any other portion OF the
Sac. and lis produces are therefore sent
to market. and re urn supplies received
with greater despatch AMI less expense.
Than in the Other great divisions uf the
State. II is better Supplied with timber
than the western division, hut cannot
compete with northern Texas in The pro.
ductou OF cereals. Thi. division is adj
mlrab'y adapted 10 cc.lor. and the great
est proportion Of the crop Of the Stale is
raised in Middle Texas. W'siern snd
extreme soulhwester Texas embrace the
counties between the RIO San An,onia
and the Rio Grande rivers. This vas,
region s undoubtedly capable Of support
ing stock sufficient 10 supply the whole
United States. The river valleys, are
said. 10 present some Of the most besutl-
full scenery any there to be met with
and these lands are OF unsurpassed frril'
ity. This region is reported TO be un-
suited for o binary farming purposes. on
account of pro.rac,ed drouohts though