Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16
pALo PINTO COUNTY.
Interesting Letter From Gordon--A Burn
Ing Wei improvements aud business
Thriving Town.

Thriving Town.
Correspondence ofthe Dngetc
Having spen nothing Of late IN your
! valuable paper from this place
/ thought few lines about the town
mud surrounding country might be 81
/ interest To SOME Of your many readers
and serve 10 enlighten them as to the
I many advantages offered either 10 the
I trading man or the farmer.
/ Gordon Is located On the T. * =. II.
( X. In tile southeastern part Of Palo
! Pinto county, Eeyenty-oDe miles west
/ from Fort Worth W. one Of the most
/ productive sections IN the state. II IL
bounded on the north aud west By
Palo Pinto creek and or the cnst and
goutipehHt by Btrious creek both
stream. Gf considerable size and hay-
ing yallpYs al richest soil extending
I from oDp lul ye miles wide. These VAL
leysArc tlIiclly settled with farners on
q small c4lie though some Gf them are
/ extending their fences aud Ia % ltw
more yViirs the valleys Df pai0 Pinto
mud Bnrton's creeks viii BE- ia "a high
state of cultivation
Gordon boasts of population Of
from 20 20 800 sOiils bat u is growing
AZ a rapid rate aud viii soon be one pf
the leading towns west OF Fort Worth.
There are some Zen or liftcen business
houses IN the plnce, though Messfs.
Rogan C0tney d Co, j. W. Neblctt
and g. w. Gentry are doing the prin-
cipir business of The place Gentry
carries a stock of goods 10 the amount
Of $4,000, and during Inst year his
sales amounted 10 $4,000. He ship
ped 512 bales Of cotton besides other
produce of the county such MS wool,
pecats, etc.
Mossfs. Rogan, Cotuey Il
GO, carry II stock Of from
5000 to $1,000 and their
snles amounted to 10000 during the
past year. They shipped 100 bales of
cotton and other produce. j. w. Neb-
lett Is carrying n stock of from 80 900
To Sl0,O0D and during the p,tst year his
sales amounted to$ 63,O00. He shipped
II bales of cotton last year besides
several hundred bushels of pccnus and
n large amount of wool. Other houses
Ia the place are all doing well, proving
Gordon TO he one Of the best trading
points In the west.
The Gordon coal mines are located
within three miles OF this PLACE. They
nro now working about one hundred
and sixty minors and taking out 1850
tons of coal per day. They intended
doubling their force soon and with
their improved facilities expect To take
| out about 800 tones per day. This coal
Is all used on the ToXns & Pacific
railroad, but II they only had
"A snllcicnt number of hands TO get IL
out there Is IA sufficient amount OF
coal here TO heat the state of Texas for
five hundred years to come.
There Is n burning well at this place
aiiording gas sufficient 10 light np n
town of doubly the size OF this. There
IL some talk of the citizens organizing
n Joint stock company and either
utilizing the gas or sinking the well
deeper with u view 10 finding petrol,
ium oil. | think II would be Il good
scheme and doubtless rebound to Tia,
building up of the town.
Mrs. Nj. l.. Wilson keeps the leading
hotel In the place, the Gordon House
and to the hungry and weary tnvefo
lit Is perfect treat To reach her house
~ one IL insured n good meal an,
clean bed and for pure genuine hos
pitality defy the world TO find he
equal. The health Of the country an,
town IL excellent and the doctors nm,
druggists arc the only men find VIII,
! hre complaining OF hard times.