Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-21
THE CENTER OF OKLAHOMA
ATTRACTIONS,
To the EDITOR Of the Eagle.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
To be or not to be, is said of Reno CITY,
but it is generally considered that she is
to be great city. With her surround
ings she cannot be otherwise. She is
located in one of the richest valleys in
Oklahoma. The town company, as
formed, is made up of 11S citizens of
Kansas and twenty from Fort Reno and
Texas. These gentlemen are men of
capital, among the best rustlers in the
United States, and are determined TO
make city. Among them you will
! find such men as Hon. Jake Admire, of
Usage City, Kan; Jack Stillwell, deputy
United States marshal; Pat O'Conner, of
Caldwell. Kan; General Miles, of Fort
Reno, and T. A. Butler, of Lyons, Kan,
all of wealth and undoubted integrity.
This city was laid out on the 9th of
this month, and within three days all
the lots were taken, The advantages
she has over other towns in the valley is
now apparent to all thinking men; in
this city all kinds of merchandise and
commodities can be kept and sold from
the fact that we have the people here to
trade with US. Within radius of
twenty miles lives at least 1900 Indians
and at least LOCO white people-all have
corn, cattle and money. Corn can be
bought within twelve miles of Reno City
for 80 cents per bushel. The truth is
this, the Cheyenne, Arapahoe and
Cherokee reservations are the richest
country in the world and soon
will be annexed to Oklahoma, and just
SO certain will Reno City be the stale
capital. The outskirts Of this city rests
on the banks of the Canadian river,
which is beautiful clear stream fur
nishing plenty of running water the
year round, sufficient to supply any city
in the Union. Reno City joins the
Cheyenne reservation; from this town
site it is two miles to Darlington, the In
dian agency, and at Prescott, our post
Office; from thence it is two miles to Fort
Reno, the old government trading post,
established in 1882. The soil here is
black loan, about three feet deep.
Water privileges are of the first quality;
digging, from to 20 feetthe best of water
is found.
The various lines of business are well
represented here except one bank, one
lumberyard and one newspaper. With
these lines added to what we now have
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planted by river of water. The sever
al tribes of Indians, now in wigwams on
this, the coveted land will soon be III the
mountain, and the spirit land; then we
will be in the center of gravity and Reno
City the capital. So let them boom.
Remember, Abe Lincoln said you could
fool part of the people some of the time,
and some of the people all of the time,
but you couldn't fool all the people all
the time Beautiful herds of cattle and
horses are to be seen constantly on these
plains.
The question is never asked here will
the flowers bloom again? for they are
blooming all the time. While viewing
the landscape this morning as it stretch
es out before us the beautiful skirts of
timber standing on the banks of the
Canadian river and the thousands of
tents and covered wagons all rustling
for homes and town lots it makes me
think the air will burst into blossoms.
w Fl HUIMAN