The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-21
WICHITA VALLEY.
Its Alluyials Fully Up 10 the Rest
Lands In Texas.
DenIsOn Striving for the Millions that will
Teen from this Most Inviting Field
10 Cereal Growers,

"hu having Eoou llmo generally NJ
rustlcatlng aud feasting on wild game
Our course led Us out by the way Of
Eagle Ford and Grapevine prairie;
across tho east end OF rarrant end tn,
west end OF Denton counties; across
the central part OF Wise, aud up Ia
Henrietta, In Clay.
II IL hardly necessary 20 say that We
passed over n broad extent VI fertile
aud rich country that pays tribute 10
Dallas But our sights had been raised
for hlrel fields, aud We halted not un.
III We reached Buffalo Springs, In the
south Of Clay county, aud distant
about one hundred miles northwest Of
Dallas. Here We stopped for short
time, aud the Colonel aud myself took
u look ut the surrounding country,
while the young mon went for the
deer turkey and antelope, which We
found In abundance there.
The lands Immediately around Bui.
ialo Springs are very fair class OF
sandy uplands, and We presume would
grow fine wheat, From here We went
10y the way OF Cambridge, u rival town
OF Henrietta, the county site, aud only
three miles nom II, 10 the valley OF
the Big Wichita. Descending the Gle.
waited plateau, which divides the wa
tiers OF Red River from the Trinity, we
struck into the rich alluvlal valley Of
the Little Wichita. This valley is
from one 10 thirteen miles wide, and
isa rich alluvial soil, formed from the
wnshings OF the foot hills OF Archer
and Baylor counties, The divide be-
tween the two Wichitas Is also fair
class OF upland. aud those cultlvatipg
them claim that they are only second
TO Red River bottoms. The distance
between the two Wichltas IL from
twelve to twenty miles. The Big
Wichita lands, IN my humble opin.
ION, are superior 10 either the
tho Little Wichita or Red Rlver--the
one being too waxy for pleasant cult.
walton and the other too loose aud
sandy to remain Of It's present fertility.
The products OF either, M far as OBJ
served, are fully up TO the best In Den.
ton or Dallas counties. In fact, the
finest crop Of wheat have seen this
year is growing on the farm Of Major
DenniDg, on Red River In Clay. There
was no rust In the MAJORS crop Clay
aud Wichita counties are being settled
rapidly. On crossing the Little Wich-
ita, one Of the young men counted Ia
one locality twenty-three new houses,
all put up within the last eighteen
months. DIR. Acres, an emigrant from
Iowa, has settled between the two
tsreams and has already forty.llve
miles OF hedge fence, He has accom-
plished this with the assistance OF two
sons, one hired man aud two neigh
6ors aud all In less than two years.
He made, he told me, ten bushels
OF wheat to the acre on sod lands last
year. This year he thinks his best
land viii turn of twenty bushels to
the acre. These lands, you will un-
derstand, are not on the bottoms. The
impression is that the valleys will pro-
duce much more. On Wlsley's ranch
they claim TO have grown one hundred
bushels OF oats to the acre. 10 SUN w
the whole in n few lDes | will say the
country presents the most inviting
field, TO those looking for rich and
cheap lands, that l have ever seen.
And the city OF Dallas only has to reach
out her iron arm, through the Dallas
aud Wichita railroad, 10 have the mill
lions that will TEEN from this rich val
ley emptied into her lap.
All along our line OF travel we vera
asked, "What about the railroad ?"
We, OF course, gave the best account
possible. Before the road can be
built to TINT country, judging from Its
present population, there will be grown
in Clay county, alone, million bushels
Of wheat for shipment. At present all
the trading from that country goes TO
Sherman aud Denison--evcn the up
per part Of Denton, Wise and Mon
taeue counties 20 to those towns. Why
allow It? Why not tap those rich
districts, aud ut once, with narrow
gauge road, and bring the trade TO Dali
las? The population Of all the above
counties will be thribbled, and some Of
them double quadrupled, whenever
the means Of transportation IL offered,
aud the want OF hunter can lie sup
piled. Ifyour people are alive to theil
own interests they will not delay tn,
building ofthat road. Already Deni
son and Gainesville are awakening L
the importance OF controlling the trad
Of that section OF country, and the rail
road question has been seriously dis
cussed and q charter granted. t. W. A
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