Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23

Everywhere nr0 myiid flowrets
Decking hill and plain and dale
Blushlng roao of rarest beauty,
Purcst lily wixen pale,
And % peerless ia their beauty,
Seeming ns II FAIRY wand
With enchanted hnnds had touched IT,
Showerlng blossoms Ger the land.
-Hal David.
A splendid country, this broad
beautiful and fertile county Of Tarrant.
with It's mntuhlesa landscapes, clear
rapid streams, generous soils, mag
nSneent toresta, GENIAL climate, and
grand agricultural poBsibilitiesl
a region that embraces more Of the
eiements Of cheap, independent and
enjoyable human, living and Offering
more 10 tho Investor and Untcrprislng
settler thpn any other county in Texan
luc wealth Of BOA and capabilities
Of production have long since char
acterzed II 40 the "Durden Spot OF
the Great Lone Star State" II is in
Che yery heart OF this grand region OF
Texas that ~ yet 10 sustain the dous-
car population In the interior OF tho
Union,
Tasrant County.
Named IN honor Of Gen. 10. II. Tar
Mat' wna created in 1919 from Ma
Nbrro county aud cOptuiua an area Of
500 nquNre miles II Is Ia the north
latitude 80 degrees 40 minutes, and
uteg.
Tho wcat Fork OF Trinity river. here
about forty yarda wide. enters the
county AZ tho northwest corner, curvea
southward 20 the center and nows out
near the middle Of tho euntern line.
Along rs course, on either side, are
high rocky knobs and bluffB, from
Nlheh thqro ~ q gradual ascent into
a hlgh rolling open country. Near ms
tenter or the county the Clear Fork
o. tne trinity nowh IN from tho south-
west, and about bne-halt the area be-
tween the two streams IL charao t6rleed
Ply 9 shallow soil resting ON unueriy-
lug beds Of limestone that crop out in
rocky bluffe, Probably une.ufth OF the
entire county 10 Of this inferior quality
~ hnu, me remaining four-hftha bc-
The bottoms bordering the wcat
Fork OF the Trinity are well drained,
irce from innrrhea, and studded with
heaNy growth Of tiUber consisting
OF oaks or the several kinds, ash, 30.
can, elm, blackberry, chittimwood, aud
NotoiWood. Running nearly north ana
noutn tnrougn the eastern edge 81 tho
county IL belt Of woodland, ton 10
WE'VE miles wide, Known MS tbo
lower eross tmbers," and consiatins
principally Of the low. heavv-tn,,,,ed
poat oak with blackjack aud HICKORY
annFsparAed, twO-Nfths Of tho entlre
county being tOin,bcred.
nesiues the two rlvees mentioned,
mere are numerous streams, the min
elpal o. which are Fossil. Big and Iii.
w lear sycamore, Village, Hgnri6tto
MuNh'nH SILVER Ash and XYolnwf
Sreeks, which, With tholr h,ansbss
Distribute 70 an pArta OF the qountv +,
s,,,,r,, so' rs,,. mud abundant water
arn Insre are a few springs, wails
AZ Feet anu artcsiQn wells. AZ v,,inb
mere nre abont sixty IN The XIX, ~
nntt worth, and r0rty or mona Ia
eiher parts ~ the county. rsnga Z,
enlH from 200 g 500 feet, AMI tie
Ia ',e az them Is as much an
* NA'1sia per hpis The water Of
meilcinal pruberlica The renernt 49,,
'"er OK the county q high aud reiltn,,
soil
me soil IN TIE ctoss-ii,tb,- h n 10
rei sandy, lat on the east niAs n bia,,l
M@Ny lahd, aud tint On me vses, st'ln
- glylded bftwren b black waxN n
'ilH aendy lnd Aiona I'M vdi "
Y 'ae trinity ard other 81 e. .i,s ~
AliuNipi. North % iho q'rlnbtv
49, I ugN9ea t1e bottoms ~ rlli II n
osSp BLACK, with q ebrsiAerable Az
InlNi UT % s9nd. THE face on n e5nn
trl e doliea with farms the hiehNa~,
~ many rrioHa rGnafng tbrsii,+h
ianH.r Wth galiiNfo3 nsies on aai,,r
hiqd The hlrh tc'Nrr D al,irn h5,.,
eefins the snutA iac ~ ti,o Went rork
p V'ie i4inllN. the si4i OF w lNh ~
ueep reasls. ioAgt eaeily tile4 ana
VERY productive. Is aAnogt entirely eel
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