Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-22
BEAUTIFUL IOWA PARK
BOUND TO BEcoMETHE COUNTY
SEAT OF WICHITA COUNTY.
Wonderful Growth of the City-Near the
Center of the County it Has Rich
Lands All Round It-Its Business.
Correspondence of the Gazette.


Iowa PARK, Tex, March 21.-Slightly over
three years ago, one house was to be found
on the site where is now the beautiful city
of Iowa Park, with its twelve hundred of
active, progressive souls. Situated as the
city is, within one-half mile of the geo
graphical center of Wichita county and
surrounded by a country unsurpassed for
beauty and fertility, it is no wonder that
Iowa Park has grown and is growing at a
rapid rate. All of the coun try for miles
around IS high, rolling prairie Of the rich
est soil and OF such a nature as to be easily
and proftably worked as an agricultural
section. As a result of the untiring efforts
put forth by the founders of the city, the
country has been Deoplcd by thrifty farm
ing population. From vast cattle range
Of three years ago now IS found for miles
around succession of farms worked by
gF1eh who know how to make farming nav.
AT the present, hundreds of homes are
found in every direction and the crops that
surround them are far advanced and show
marks of special attention from those
working them. The increase of new farms
opened in 1899 is % per cent in excess of
1871 and new settlers are locating every
day. The soil is equally adapted for the
raising of wheat, oats, corn, cotton and
fruits, but small grains are the leading
crops. Lands around Iowa Park have been
held at low price as compared with other
Ia ming oCCL1VIS VI buG SIdto anu GQlS IdCJ
alone has greatly, aided in settling up the
country.
1t is safe to say that no town in the Pan
handle IS growing more rapidly to-day than
Iowa Park. Many buildings of brick and
wood are now under course OF construction,
while many more are contemplated and will
be built this year, one of which will be 4
large hotel of the most modern design and
equipment. The city now has thirty mer-
camille firms, four real estate dealers, two
banks, two lumber yards, three wagon
yards, two live newspapers, three livery
stables, large grain elevator, Touring
mill, six church organizations, with three
houses of worship and a fourth one under
construction The city has also tin shops,
laundries, shoe shops, and similar lines
that go to make up city. Since the LIST
day of last August 363 carloads of wheat |
alone have been shipped from Iowa Park, |
and, with the bright prospects now existing |
for crop IN 1892, it is safe to say that 800 |
cars will be shipped this year.
A second elevator to handle the grain |
and two new mills to grind the wheat into
1our, are among the new Improvements for
the year. a large denominatiOnal college
will probably be erected on beautiful
campus donated by the city. For the con-
itruction of this building there are now on
he grounds 10000 brick and all the stone
The city has frst-class public
schools, that are kept open ten months in
he year. Pure water is obtained at
iepths ranging from sixteen to forty feet.
owa Park has represented in its midst the
'arious secret societies, all in a Furnishing
condition. The town boasts of fine brass
'and, literary societies, business college,
ire department, etc. At present at least
wo-thirds of the new farms being opened
n Wichita county are so located that Iowa
Park is the market town for their owners.
his fact, coupled with the one that Iowa
Park is nearer the geographical center of
be county than any other city, leads all to
elieve that this progressive city will be-
ore long be made the county seat of the
ounty
The location is much more central, much
carer and more convenient to four-ffths of
re rural population, and there is no laud-
Die excuse in it not being the seat of
lstice for the county. As time goes by
WA Park is making rapid advancements
spite of the "hard times" and it is safe "a
say that the one building of three yearsfi \
20 will, within the next three years, he
by buildings containing 500
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