Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
About Texas.
For the FnrettryiI.e Observer.

Texas, March 9th, 1873. y |.
Mr.. n. o. WdUdce-As |
promised many of my friends
to write to them on my arrival
in Texas, | have concluded to
write to all at once through the
medium of the OBSERVER.
/ took the Northern route
through Louisville, Vincennes:
st. Louis, Sedalia and Denison,
which is the terminus of the NJ.
X. & L. Railroad for the pres
emf. but will be completed to-
Sherman in a few days, and
then communication by rail will
be had with Austin, Houston and
Galveston. Sherman,th county
seat of Grayson, contains about
1000 resident population, and a
transient population of 5 or 6OO.
1t is truly live, brisk, go-ahead,
fiourishing place; the voting
population is said to be about
1900 in this county. This is a
prairie country, the cross tim
bers passing through the west
crn portion of it. Nearly all
of the prairie land is a rich,
black soil, capable of yielding
/ from : to l bale of cotton and
from 30 to 40 bushels of corn.
/ The timbered land is of a sandy
soil and generally productive.
Springs and water courses are
not pletny, but good pure well
water may be obtained at al
most every point of the country
with but little labor. The I'M
improved lands may be bought
at from s. to Sc per acre, I'M
proved from $40 to S1S, at this
time, but there is system OF
Railroads being pushed for
ward all over the country In ev-
cry direction, which will great
ly enhance the value of lands,
All the Northern and West
ern portion Of the State is, as |
have been informed, prairie land
and scarce of timber; cOnse-
quently the settlements of this
portion will be contend princi-
pally to the portions Of the
country along the water courses
leaving large tracts unsettled
Now, or rather this fall, will be
the time for cmigrants to como
to this country. [ would advise
those wishing to remove here tC
, all unite and come together anC
/ buy land together, as large
tracts held by non-residents,anC
others holding large bodies, res
, idents of the country, will dis
pose of their lands much cheap
: er than small land owners
The advantages to emigrant
here, is they have their land
} all ready for the pillow, being
: prairie, as soon as fenced, plen
: tv of grass for stock all the sum
mer and fall, and they have on
" to go out on. the prairie AM
: cut and save hay for any a
S mount of stock through tn
3. winter, Indt,> trious young me-
p can always find work :" abuE
dance to do at remunerativ
. rates. This is emphatically
good country for a poor mar
). with but little capital. He ca
:: secure a coed home, and If h
q will only work as hard here a
he is obliged to work in Ten
) nessco to live, he will soon be i
:; good condition. Corn is sell
!, ing at 30 cents per bushel, an
:, almost all farm products rate
bout the same as they do /
Tennessee, except Irish Pota
: toes, which are selling at fror
three to five dollars per bushe
This place, Whitesboro, is
pleasant village, situated IN tn
;. western part Of Grayson coun
: ty, near the cross timbers; has
e population Of from 4 to 800 in
D hahitants, who are moral, socia
c kind to strangers, and respect
0 ful to all. | am well please
: with p, and think it would be
good place fer emigrants to SET
tie. | have been but little owe
the country since l have bee
3 here, and therefore cannot civ
4 much information of the part
= UNEMPLOYED, but will, as | gal
further information, advise N
friends through your OBSERVE
Of all that | may think worth
of their attention:
w, H. BRIGHT.
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