The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-04-05

4. DIdClltt ne can 40 anu Is anon.
the foremost men in that part {
y the country; success TO him an
,. his inestimable lady. Improve
l. lands are worth from - to l5dOl
= lars per acre and raw from y t
-. 3 dollars per acre. All the tim
bered lands are not good in thi
= county. The cross timbers iToI
Lewisville to Denton town run
e ming north and south the land
p are very poor, timber scrubb.
blackjack and post oak anl
makes from one TO one and a hal
. rail cuts to the tree, and eigh
p feet to the cut. Tie soil in hi
county will average four feet il
depth. Along the Trinity live
tits twenty feet deep. In hi.
county above Denton tow
there are a number Of cattle mel
who herd large drOyes OF cattle
and there are some squads OF hor
herds and hocks of sheep belong
ing to farmers; Denton town has
about 1900 inhabitants and a for
ty thousand dollar court house in
construction, with its corners tip
ped with brown stone. Grand
prairie extends from Denton
town up to Valley View, in Cook,
and is the prettiest prairie | ever
saw, the lands are high and roll
ing sufficient to run the water of
and as rich as rich can be; but few
farms along Grand prairie after
you leave Bolivar are seen. Val
ley VieWcan be seen ten miles be
fore youget tOit, the highest point
Of Grand prairie; this place is
beautiful and the lands very fine.
One month ago when wheat could
hardlyssbe seen in Denton it twas
three inches high here and a
great many cattle grazing upon
it besides. This part Of Texas for
miles in nearly every direction
taking in part Of Denton and
Cook counties is the most beauti-
ful country | ever saw. The eve
becomes wearied by looking so
far without seeing anything in
the way Of timber, but the soil is
fine and the land is Sufficiently
rolling to drain well and seems
to be perfectly healthy as the
prairie is high, and it well de-
serves the name Of Grand prairie.
The people in this section have
good health but have to haul
their timber ten miles. There are
thousands Of acres of raw land
here that can be bought for two
dollars per acre. There are thou
sands OF cattle, horses and sheep
running upon this prairie and in
good fix not to have eaten a
mouthful Of anything but wild
grass. Around Valley View there
are a few farms in a fine state oil
cultivation. Everything looks
thrifty and the people are pros
porous. The lands are black wax
but the soil is not as deep IS in
Dallas and Collin. From Bolivar
in Denton county, to Decatur, in
Wise, a distance Of % miles,
there are but few farms and
the prairie has hundreds Of herds
Of cattle and horses feeding upon
it. There are a great many cattle
men here who do nothing else but
herd stock. The musquita
which is a kind Of wild grass that
keeps green all winter keeps the
stock in a splendid living order
during the winter months when
everything else is dead. They
have here the Bermuda, a cult
waited grass that keeps green all
the yeer round. Wise county
lands are rich and west Of Dcca-
tul, there are thousands Of acres
OF timbered lands. The soil Of
the prairie is black wax with more
or less black sand intermiXed and
especially so rear or in the tim
Der. In the south part Of this
county there are some very large
owned by colonies from
States; one colony has a.
900 acres under one fence and
what | could see was in cultiva-
ton. These lands yield in a pc
rod Of ten years an ayelace Of
twenty bushels Of corn, twelve Of
and three-Quarters Of a
bale Of cotton per acre, that is
the lands Of Denton, Cook and
counties, Dallas and Col
in, l am told, do better than
The Dallas & Wicheta r.
R., which is now being built, runs
rom Dallas city to Lewisville,
Denton town and Boliyarm Den
ION county, and on by Decatur
Trough Wise to Wichita noun
aims to open up the coal, iron d
that has been discovered
Here in these counties
which are now off of the railroad
and can be bought for two dol
aus per acre, just as the lands Of
and Collin we're sold be-
ore the railroad passed through
here and soon as the railroad is
and they are improved
hey will be worth from 20 to 80
per acre. Lands rent 90
lere now for about twenty per
ant. upon the investment, and
nat too in many cases cash
aid in advance. Flour mills and r
lttOn gins pay handsomely as a