Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-11
SWEETWATER.
A Thriving City So Situated that q
Bright Future is Guaranteed.
Nolan County is Composed of Large Bodies Of
Unexcelled Agricultural L~ands-Home- IS
Seekers Invited.
Special Correspondence of the Gazette.

county, Is a busting little city which oc-
commanding and beautiful appearance,
seen for miles around. 1t is situated on
the Texas and Pacific railroad, which
traverses the county from east to west,
and is backed up by q fine country on
all sides, which guarantees to it a bright
future. AS a central trading point trade
has been on a rapid increase
for several months and has grown
to such proportions that the
Texas and Pacific road has been forced
to enlarge its depot facilities in order to
be able to handle the freight at this
point, and now has men and material on
the grounds to begin the work. Steps
are being taken for other extensive i'm
provements, arrangements having been
made for the erection of five or SIX large
brick buildings, to be commenced as
soon as the brick can be put upon the
grounds. A large brick factory is near
ing completion in the suburbs of the city,
and soon the large demand for brick will
at least be partially met with home brick
of excellent quality. Our mer-
chants are putting in large stocks
of goods for the spring trade which
promises to be very much larger than at
any period heretofore, and other large
stocks by new companies will be put in
by the opening of the summer and fall
trade. Usually towns are ahead Of the
county, and while Sweetwater is wide
awake and all business, yet it is consld-
erably behind the country, but will in a
few months be abreast with internal i'm
p~rovements. In connection with the i'm
provements above named other enter
prises of vital interest, such as putting in
roller mills, artesian wells, etc., are be-
ing vigorously prosecuted and will no
doubt soon be completed, as men of means
are at the helm, The inhabitants Of the
town are an energetic class of people
VINO see and accept the present opportu-
nifty for unprecedented progress, II
who thoroughly harmonic in all public
enterprises. With the solid foundation
n backing that it has Sweetwater offers
more and grander inducements to capital
than any other town on the Texas and
Pacific road west OF Fort Worth. The
society of the town cannot be excelled in
point Of morality, culture and refine
ment. Three handsome church ediices
add to the beauty of the town, and the
neat two-story stone school building with
a arst-olass school ten months in the
year puts SHeetwater to the
front as an educational point.
Sweetwater is in its glory but
not vain. It is not partial
out fearfully in owe with its county.
Nolan county is worthy of the esteem OF
any city or town. During the
past eight or ten months,
from the liberal share of western
immigration which the county has re-
ceived without any effort in the way of
advertising, it has been made to realize
fully the fact that merit alone is not
without it's reward. Having unlimited
resources in the way of large bodies of
unexcelled agricultural lands, and being
stimulated by an unlooked-for immigra-
ton, which continues to pour in, the
county proposes coming to the front
and placing itself on record as one
of the leading counties of the state.
Only a short time since the county was
an unoccupied plain, except, perhaps, by
large herds of stock and game, such as
deer, antelope and turkey in abundance.
But now a different scene is pre-
sented, and here n there
all over the country are the
homes of the happy farmers in
all stages Of improvement, from the
newly built cottage to that with every
outline characteristic to an established
plantation. The county has a variety OF
soils, the red loan, mulatto and dark or
gray loan to black waxy, the red and
dark loans predominating. All of which
soils have been thoroughly tested and
proven to be of the very finest producing
qualities. Small grain of all kinds is
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which natures so well that often
quantities are shipped to the East
for seeding purposes and for fine grades
of -four our Western wheat meets with
first choice from the Eastern mills.
Other farm products, such as corn, po-
fruits of all kinds and any and
every thing hat gro WIS on vines are pro-
duced in abundance. King Cotton has
his branch office for West Texas located
in Nolan county. The staple is long,
fine and very strong and sold last year
Sweetwater gin in the Galveston
market as best grade. One-half bale per
acre is often made on new land, Inc
on first crop often make enough
money to pay all expense of new i'm
provements and a large amount on their
An abundance of fine water from
springs and shallow wells as well as run
brooks ana streams enter into the
makeup of the county. Timber of
various varieties abound IN most parts of
the county and is available in all parts of
the county for fencing and fire wood pur-
poses. In most parts of the county
stone from inexhaustable quarries of fine
quality can be had for building purposes.
However lumber is cheap n is used al
most exclusively for farm buildings.
AS to the stock interests OF Nolan
county much could be said to its credit.
Suffice to say however, that small stock
If high grade are taking the place of the
heretofore large herds of inferior blood.
And to-day Nolan county has an estab-
ished reputation as to its fine stock, I'M
surpassed if equalled by any county in
he state.
No booms or other moves of an exciting
have been inaugurated in the
county that would tend to influence the
and market. The prices are therefore
7erY low, but on a steady increase, and
will in all probability, consideringa the
of the lands, the genial climate,
he present prices and the health OF the
advance IS to 100 per cent.
within the next twelve months. Capital
investment IN lands can find no