Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-29
SAN ANGELO.
An InteTesting Description OF the Young
Giazs IF the West, and Of Tom Green
sAN ANeELo. TEX, June %, I:ss.

| westward the star OF empire takes Its way
/ Fut haltS to cast one grand efGlgent ray
/ Earthward, prophetic, spr eading bright halo,
J When 10 arises fair san Angelo.
Enthusiasm, based upon substTatum
OF facts, is legitimate and commends9le.
In fact il Is ike the efarvescenCe Of Il
hesl.h restoring medicinal spring, boilir 2
sTd hubblirg forth, and thus revealing en-
its surface some Of the wonderful truths
and hen!tbful remedies, the great bulk OF
which lie hidden Ceep in the secret, mag
nihCent chemical laboratories OF Mother
Earth. Truth and enthusiasm, therefore,
snail be the landmarks OF my pen.
To one who fist enteTs
the borders OF Tsm G cen county
the question is som suggested, hGw hos
this country rtmsinei unsettled SO long
when so much Inst is inferior has been
long ego settled sud cultivated? The sn-
sTe. is plain enough, VIZ: Other liter
ests, adverse 10 the settlement Of the
country ny thoe4 who cultivate the soil,
and who By their domestic and iCdustri-
Gus habits constitute the foundation Of
modern CivlliZstion, have h5d absolute
CoL!rll here until recent ds.e, and made
this country appear to the pence-l0Ving
home seeker IS forbidding snd gloomy as
did O-cc tne dark and mysterious waters
Of the Atlantic, before the voyage CT COL
umbus. This fcg OF DOUBT, uncertainty
ard Gesol.tiOp, has cleared away. This is
q fsrmi country. Dina hesr the slo-
gan! There is no douot Of it, 90 IS lar
eEst, north or south as you msY and you
will fad stock combined with grain farm
ing giving the best tinaCCisl results. 81
il will be here. The vast expsnse OF
country known ss Lipsn Flat, lying east
and sCj5cent to San Angelo, is an sgri-,
cultural empire in Itself; farm after iarGh'
Of golden grain, WaVine telds OF tasselsd
corn, young orchards, showing VigorpEs
growth, shade trees, grspeyiles .eand
beautiful fJHeTs all combining to eheer4
the heart and delight s4theg
: eye Of the homeseeker are vissals
or every hand. TneG, toe, the eysfEMt
Of streams IN Tom Greau CouapS soy
numerous, tina. aII have not been Hgmed,
or marked upon the map, s1d alSfsssfshxa
permanently with pure, livi1ss WHOLE
some water. lie. me Cill TIE attention CT
the reader to the fact thai many Of these
streams, making up the river system, are
large enough to supply unlimited "ater
| power for machinery CT ell kinds. Nearly
all OF them have rock or gTSveliy beds
and rapid currents, also excelient banks
upon which to sustsin mill dams The
timber on all these splendid water
courseg, consists principally OF beautiful
groves Cf pecEns, and thousands OF
bushels of this choice ct al
American nuts, are gathered annually.
The big1ting Cf=cts Of G drouth can
never BE- DISASTROUS; heT irrigated farms
will prevent this, Gnd VIII be cumulative
Of the general system Ct farming. Prob
ably most cf those who engage in general
farming will secure from zen TO twenty
aGrG9, connected with the wafer system,
and aus hive abs 0lute gEt9tg, Uae yesr
with another, tOr garden products aud
tru,f. Besides, Sells CT coed water are
found al ever the county e. depths rang
ing from thirty fee. upYards. Hex eli !
mate, equal in every respect 20 shat Of
California, she Can rise everything
that Can be raised ia tlSt state
win the ssme effort, aud her |
rIin Isl. beiEg sufficient, nearly every !
year, t1r the general cultivation OF small |
gan, plSca; her permanently ahead OF |
tnat most 51s5ted region.
Canning f.cto les therefore on isrge |
&c lie will soon be among the prosperous |
Industries. The writer made a delightful |
tour Of the C0Lcho. c0un,ry-thanks TO
the generous courtesy and liherality CT !
MessTs. Cunningham and McGregor. |
We were accompanied by Senator Burn ey |
of this district. We visited the valley OF |
South Concho, Dove Creek, Spring Creek, |
Main Concho and back TO North COnch0 |
near the junction OF which with Main
CoEcho Is located the beautiful town OF |
San Angelo. We called upon quite
number Of farmers on our very
pleasant trip and found them |
busy in the bouptiful harvest fields. We
found everyone pleased with his bright |
prospects. few miles from !oWn we
visited the farm Of Mr. Metcalfe, an old
time Tt Iin, who has something over 500 |
acres under cultivation. We ch2tted |
pleasantly, the meanwhile eating peaches |
and plums, OF which he had plenty. Our |
next halt was in e. beautiful grove OF large |
pecan trees on the South C0nCho, where |
we were lunched sumptuOusiy By our
nest, Mr.. McGregor. AT Kcickerbocker, |
on Dive Greek, we were entertained by
Mr.. McNabb aGd his two accomplished |
dEughterE-Scotch people from C2nsda.
Returning TO Knickerhocker, sitter going
to ,Qegia Mr.. TweedY in the harvest falc,
,we&ere refreshed by . generous lunch znd
cupSApf coffee furnished by Mrs. Tweedy.
6ir. End Mrs, TWeedy sre from NewY TX |;
n
sheir ne% home very much. Ten O'Clock
p. n. found US once more il Sou angelo,
having made circuit Of over sixty m!fss
almost equal to railroad ime behiL Mf.,
McGsegor's pet span Of gEays. Y
The city OF ssh Angelo has CeZtsnfyj
mEde & prsisewoTthy growth. In thes4rssA
place she WAS laid f on magniftezSf
plsn; business streets 100 feet Wide'Nnd
others eighty feet; residence lots 50xls5
feet.
The site is high and dry, well drained,
bssutiiu', snd LAST, but not least, clean
and healthy. l counted thirty-o one neatly
painted wlndmills pumping water from
IS many wells. The water is excellent,
the average depth Of the wells about forty
feet. The residences are mostly con-
structed after some pretty architectural
design, nestly painted, and the people
all seem to have pride in planting shade
trees in their yards and on their walks.
San Angelo hotel, with Z. II. Freeman as
80 m cit to