The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-02-28
COLEMAN COUNTY,
Physical Sketch of One of the
Finest Counties in the West.
Clear, Pebbly Streams, Beautiful
Hills, Rich Lands and
Good People.
Special Correspondence of the Statesman

Special Correspondence of the Statesman
COLEMAN, February 20, 1SS9.-Having
reached this favored spot where the ele-
nents of nature seemed to have Wed with
each other in this herculean efforts to out
strip all other places in this vast catalogue
| of creation, have concluded to furnish
you descriptive and truthful letter of
| Coleman county, its resources, natural ad-
vantages, healthfulness, etc. l shall not
| overdraw the picture, but confine myself
| to a simple and candid statement OF facts,
including valuable and reliable statistics.
Its area: Coleman county has 100000
acres of choice farming lands; about 700
| farmers, who cultivate an average
of 40 acres each, making
| $4,000 acres now in cultivation.
There are in all in the county 796,045
acres of land. That not adapted to agri
culture is most excellent for grazing pur-
poses.
ITS LOCATION AND ALTITUDE.
1t is 200 miles north of the Rio Grande,
$50 miles south of Kansas, 400 miles west
of the eastern boundary of the state, 500
miles east of the western and 1000 feet
above the level of the sea.
| TYPOGRAPHICAL.
The surface of the country is grandly
and beautifully diversified with prairies,
woodland, hills and valleys. Water courses
numerous and never failing traverse
the county in every direction. Public
roads have been and are being opened up
so that all points are easily accessible.
Coleman with population of 800; Santa
Anna, 600; Trickham, 300; Camp Colora-
do, $50; Glencoe. $50; Atoks, 100, and
Norvise, 100, constitute the towns in the
county.
WATER SUPPLY.
1t is we'll watered by the Colorado river,
which is its southern boundary for fifty
miles. Here can be found valleys as rich
and fertile as the world affords. Various.
other water courses are to be found flow
ing in every direction over the county.
Home, Camp, Whitewater, Spring, Grape,
Panther and Dodd's creeks, flow south
ward from the divide. Mud, Indian,
Watts, Jim, Ned and Hurd's creeks flow
east and northeast. Pecan bayou,
la magnificent stream, traverses
the northeast corner of the county, and its
lands, if anything, are superior to the val
ley of the Colorado. These various
streams abound in fish In the greatest
variety. In addition to the above, wells
of clear, cold water can easily be found at
an average depth of thirty feet, and
usually in a bed of pure white quartz
sand.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Coleman county is recognized health
resort. Chills, fever and malaria canno
live in this pure mountain atmosphere
Coleman county is one of the very bes
grain producing sections in the state o.
Texas.
WHAT WILL GROW IN THIS COUNTY.
Wheat from twenty to forty bushels
per acre; corn from thirty to sixty bushels
per acre; cotton from one-half to one ant
one-half bales per acre; oats from sixty tC
one hundred bushels per acre; potatoes
| from 200 to 300 bushels per acre; rye, bar
ley, millet, sorghum and johnson grass il
the greatest abundance; peaches, pears
apricots and plums, equal in yielt
and surprising in flavor any othel
, section east of the Rocky mount
aims; ,watermelons, mushmelons, pump
} kins, field peas and beans, and all kind
or garden vegetables. The pecan crop il
simply immense, and the revenue de
rived from this source is something
wonderful Twenty-Five Thousand dollar
was paid out by one firm of Coleman Git
for pecsns alone the last season.
Q PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
= The public schools of Coleman count,
average seven months duration each tisca
year. There are twelve districts, will
: twenty-nine schools now being taught b.
twenty-five teachers holding first grad
certificates, ten second grade and tire
y third grade. They have 1886 children
= within the scholastic age, AMI hav
= available and used for carrying
on these schools, $12,14z85, whic
. amounts to 1914 per capita per annum.
. COLEMAN ooUNTY's WEALTH.
i Number of livestock, 122,632, valued q
$537,517. Lands: Number of acres, 1856
O45, valued at $1,97S,O69. Merchandis
?, and miscellaneous: Total value, $1,313,9Si
8 total tax, $22,052.45.
COLEMAN CITY,
the county seat, is situated on the sout
bank of Herds creek, thirty feet abov
high water mark on the creek and 200
x feet above the level of the Gulf. 1t
- situated rising ground, havin
natural drainage to this north and soutl