Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-25
COLLINGSWORTH.
She Organizes With Five Hundred
People Within Her Borders.
One OF the Most Promising Counties in The
Observation-Disclosures Opportunities
for the Home Seeker.
PAM, TEX, Aug. %, 1890.

Editor Gazette.
Collingsworth county has just organ
lied. The petition for organization con-
famed 10 names and was granted by the
commissioners court of Childress county
on August 16 and the election was
ordered for September 80, 1890.
Collingsworth lies just north Of Childress
and west of Greer counties, Is thirty
miles square, contains 800 sections OF
land, one-half OF the same being state
school land subject to entry by actual
settlers.
It is watered by Salt Fork of Red
river, Elm, Beech. Wolf and an innum-
cradle number OF smaller creeks and
fresh water springs, affording an mex
haustible supply of stock water and good
wells are secured at depth OF from
fifty to sixty feet in all parts of the
county. The soil is black sandy and
chocolate colored free loan.
This magnificent country was given up
entirely to stock men until about two
years ago, when two farmers broke the
ice as it were, by moving in and starting
the pillow. They found abundant returns
for their labors, and others soon followed
their example until now the county has
population of about 500. About 200
school sections have been taken up and
considerable railroad land sold. There
is lots of good school land left yet. This
year about 1000 acres of wheat were har-
vested, the yield being twenty bushels
per acre; oats fifty bushels per acre, and
other crops according. The drouth has
not affected this part scarcely any. The
grass on the range is good and the cattle
are fat. Wild grapes and plums line the
creeks, and tame fruit, such as apples,
peaches, grapes and all kinds of small
fruits do well, as has been proven in
adjoining counties. About 10000 acres
OF wheat will be sown this fall, and a
great deal of barley, oats and corn will
be put out in the spring.
The people are live and progressive.
There are four postoffices. Fresno, with
F. W. Meyers as postmaster, is located
in the southern part of the county.
There Is also q school house near by.
Aberdeen, in the east central part with
H. j. Nesper as postmaster. He also
keeps O stock of general merchandise.
There is also school house at this point.
Collingsworth, in the north part of the
county has Mr.. HolseIn for postmaster.
Another school house Is located here.
Pearl, in the central part of the county
was some four months ago selected by a
committee of citizens as the site for the
future county seat. The Pearl town site
company was organized with o. 8.
Kennedy as president; ] ID. Farmer,
treasurer; 8. l.. Easley, secretary; j. 8.
Kennedy, general manager. The land
was bought, town plotted and the work |
of building the future capital of the |
county vigorously pushed until now the
following businesses are represented:
A. B Beck, hotel with accommodations |
for 100 guests; C. o. Barton, livery and |
stage line; M. D. Smith, general mer- |
chandise; Swofford s. Ross, saloon; |
o. W. Alexander, blacksmith shop; DR.. |
Kommichal, drug store; church, Rev. |
w. Y. Seal, pastor; sch DOL house. almost |
completed, one lawyer aud two real es-
tate agents. A newspaper backed by |
men of experience and push has located, |
and the building for the same is being |
pushed to completion. An army OF car
penters are at work on the various busi-
ness houses and residences. Other busi-
ness houses will come soon, aud parties
looking for location would do well to
come and look the ground over. The |
town has the most beautiful and withal
the most healthy and pleasant location |
of any town in the Panhandle, and it is
most appropriately called the "Queen
City of the Prairie'' by its founders.
1t Is on an elevated plateau and over
looks almost the entire country. |
Water equal to the artesian water of |
Fort Worth Ii secured at depth of
sixty feet.
The citizens of the county will hold
grand picnic at Pearl on the 28th of
August.
PROGRAMME.
ga. m. Panhandle cavalry drill.
10 a. m.-TournameDt.
IL to l2:30-Public speaking. Address
by Capt. o. s. Kennedy, of Fort Worth,
and others.
1890 to p. m.-Dinner.
2:30 to $3.50 p. m.-Ropeing match.
$3.50 p. m.-Baseball. Pearleans VS..
the Memphis nine.
Up. m.-Grand ball opens. Music by
the Pearl string band, Prof. McWilliam-
son, leader.
The bali and all the entertainment will
be free. Every one who reads this has a
cordial invitation to be present.
Surely this county offers golden oppor-
tunIties to the home seeker, the small
cattle man, the business man, the pro-
and the mechanic.