The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-26
WICHITA FALLS.

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c,omised in my last, proceed to give YOU
y outline Of what Wichita Falls IS at pres.
,a. referred 10 its approach as resem.
hlirs that Of military camp, on account
AZ rs many tents-more than half of which
.ons,i.ute .he town, II is located on the
sou,h bank of the Big Wichita river. to
within about halt mile Of which the track
s,hid. the town being about three.ouarters
|ofa mile from it. The river is very low
|sog. and having a rocky, uneven bed
|,anses the water at this point to make
,sriag noise, which can be heard q long
distance. 1t is wide and clear, and abounds
With fish and winged game. In wet seasons
| \ GETS out OF it's banks, though am told il
Ihr never been known to overflow where
/ ,be town site is now located. IL is twelye
|wies from Red River--is located southeast
n The centre of Wichita county. and is
,bout ftleen miles from the famous valley
IN The Big Wichita, which is the land living
| N the triangle formed by the junction of
Ae two riyers-Red River and Big Wichita.
This land originally belonged. to what is
Known as the Scott heirs, of Mississippi.
Who owned two sections, ], $50 acres, and
vas decided by them TO Mr.. Trueheart, of
Galveston, and was then decided to Il. +.
Montgomery, trustee of the Fort Worth &
Denver City railroad, in consideration of IS
per cent. OF the amount of sales made by
HE company for u term of five years-ail
unsOld up TO that time to revert back to
Trueheart. This donation was made bv
Tneheart to induce the railroad TO come
here Two other citizens, landowners. also
contributed considerable to induce the rail.
road to come here. The first settler here
was Judge c. NJ. Sealy; the next, David
Cug, Converse, James, Cummings, J. III.
Barwise, +. NJ. Wattenhareer, L. NJ. Davis
David Balow, John Williams, Dot Babb
H. w. Harris, and Ii. w. Sellers. These
we're oil here before the railroad, but are
not al. here now. They have been men
toned because TO live ont on the from.
tier then was dangerous, and one's
scalp was not altogether safe, even if he
hed toiicy i'll forty life Insurance compa-
MES. They were the Scntinels on the ey.
tIeme outer line, and us some of them are
candidates should be rewarded for Their
bravery, hardships and privations. Though
there are $40 square miles in this county. 1t
only pOlled ninety votes last election, and
will poll but ITO this coming election.
There is not cotton gin in the county, nor
bale oicotlon raised in the whole county
in fact, the county surveyor told me that
there were not now fifty farms in the whole
county. stock ranches and stock raising is
The principal business up here. But little
orno attention has been paid to farming.
though we saw cotton stalks, sweet lota-
toes ard o'her vegetables in Colonel Tur-
nel and Office, raised near the town, that
VOlld compare With any on the Brazos.
AhOft town and g,ftll, ~ hoo, IL.
sandy and very poor. But have digressed
Some citizens and myself made an esti.
mate Of the actual iubabltautso of this town
and concluded that there were scarcely $50
dough there are great many transient
making about 100 AL the time-a great
many arriving aud departing at every train.
There Is no prospect OF the road leaving
here this season, and probably not for some
years The outlook for trade here is only
af good many thinking the season too
h' advanced 10 secure much. Trade is
looGed Tor iroln Fort Sill, an Apache reser-
Iat0n twenty-five miles from here, Il mill.
GiY post OF twenty companies. a move.
Mehl is on foot to run stage line and mail
mere and roads are being opened to
Archer, Baylorand kingand other western
Countles, and big trade is ex.
EcIed from the Pan Handle gener.
9Ay Hacks already run to Burn
IA al. W 'loarSer county, sixty miles,
,rS V,,,e' Tpu'utS, ana me country is set
' S,Js W. iheIe are eiSht merchants here,
s"' s"'oGriS "'lu elslt hoteIS or boarding
S S.r,cS, c my nlost OF these stores are
S", r,.ss rom larger nrms III other towns
ouI most OF them are in tents, but are hay.
mghouses built, while others ARE either in
i; ro'',S IL new sIote-h9nses' The town
H." , Sv,iaiG.eu,qp cohullloh'
No.. lCHtla iier3ld' SPICY weekly, IS
IN "rS h heie DS ~ Lewis, VINO mas good
4. T;t ''';iu p ,, anu pretiy Soou out,
,ji,;o - oi''uG Was III tuihpieuup' con.
,.',,o- SOo' WIN reference to benches and
oyprSasJ on oJJU,G toi " was peing celIed
saw. STn, 'ho WY i'olSu VI naiiMetS ahd
sci H S -, . u',i ii'o,Ii1g very uch win the
edi,cr ,o ,,'I =! ~ vi VIZ EeiLte voice oil the
time NV ~ " '""p w ms lleS!S every
,tanb;,,,," "''',V ~ 'i'e"Ni anu we leIt nm
ol5 oc'Go; , "u,"ooi r. we met some
MAYA iS S, Iva NJ MY, anionS them MI
whe,ber NV esionI , yoi,'yl,' uou know
moi bYt DS,n u'Hu wv. .Ha! ielH mas utle or
feIrr7,s sor,ii .,o" MnS major III the Con
honest and b o,, .tu .a'eI9 Is hot more
have known Lir' t fon " n,.. llN'llE.
,br,p,,G ali a. a','i vi oyer n,teeh years,
aIwoy, 900" 81, S'V n,c,ss'5uues OF me- and heis
stance I'll" ha .Iii uhuer all clrCum-
ness.-rurnins - SUI ~ 'l i, same ola ouSI'
tent now brs q i'".v'; iie II III q large
which he evnon IS S'.'a,l,'s 'oT u Iot' upon