The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
RICHMOND.


Richmond the county seat of Fort ncnd.
probably the most fertile agricultural
county la the State ~ located on the west
| hank OF the nragos river. upon .u emit
nonce ot trlooklng that stream aud the
mroundIae country. Richmond is Il very
old town and untcs us foundation lack
IA 1,o ,,ri,.st ec,,l,,r.rts IA, IN, ,,,st
Nv Wv ','"' ~ ,'''''' US Wv
country. mo UfNt iMltodt ever built IN
the state was constructed from Harris
t,,,- g., rt,,,,.,,,i ,,,1 ,,,s ,t,, as t,,,,.l.1
''' ~ Sow" ~ - '''
10 Eagle Lake ana AhtNlon. TINS was ID
49, 49,
,.,...-, 800. ~.
h"ehmonh II mo county scat oil Foft
| Bona AMI ~ also the principal town IN the
county. The town ~ m, important trading
mount becn,iu., b,r,. II Il. ti,nt l,, t,,r,nc,,
io"''' "''""'' ~ ~ ~ :" ''"' we ''' .''''
OF this very rlch county receive al OF
thcu supplie, aud buy most OF their 'eouds
,rbc town Ia tocotod on tho min lines of
NV wv, 80 ''' wy '"'''' i,"'' w.
inc Sputh 'ih ihcllc ana Hhuli ne f''ll-
WayH, being thirty three miles from llcua-
ION ana .ixtv.thrcc miles from cnlv.s-
ton.
Fort BEND county, In the confer of which
Richmond ia lo.atcd cnvcrs an .roo ar
% - 49, "
ah"W ''o square inllos ana contains about
/ 5lj 600 acres
About onc-half Of the county ls covered
win timber ana the other hnlf IS rolling
prairie. Every part of the county ia wen
watorod. the county being p.ruroted H.,
' Wv "'"s P'"'"''' ~
Inc ira2os river, Big creek, san Bernard.
oyster creek and Jones creek, Water "a
o"1''"ei ""y"here ~ 'he county al
dopth of from twenty i've 10 sixty feet.
The sou Of this county tx very produo-
tive aud lN divided INTO ivo rlas3rs I'M.
bottom and thn ur.lrin class Mo hnt inir
soil is OF thrro l,luus--lhe chocolate hluck
waNy aud black loan. The chocolate h
very rich and Ne ntlurlad Ia IN. r,n,sfb nf
sugar cane. corn ma cotton 'rnc hinrL
IsIlfg conprieo thr errat corn AMI ro,it',
plantations FOR which his county ls ia
Nous.
sou and the gnn6y lo,In ma me I,si
aoupIcd to raising ftuiis and yetnta;.le,
aim ouch recent a., p.rInnufs bny,5 shawn
tlal cxcrlf.nt corn and cotton can nlso ba
produeed an thfn p,nrs ,I,rn., 80
Frames. str,wbe,,ioe nnd nii It,nas Of v"tso,
tables arpw IN this foiI ns If Nv n,n,,ic
ana seem almost in,itrr''nu' t., tbiSS ,,,',tf
I'm ma nnuntv is IoV,tah H.. 49,,
sugar plantation In the world ON" acre
of land ll.or ora nnr. ,'t,,s, .,,',c. an
produce i,v,1,ty' t"na az ,i,,gsr c,,,,e frnn,
unu to two b5lrs Of roit"n seventy ~"
husbcis nf corn tvn b %',I, 'J.n'ii'S "Nr
onions fo,tr hnudrcd busbt,s ,f ~. c,a M.
tat1cs. Sorghum miIlct, alfalfa oass ha,
ana ,,.,,,t H. 49,, ' H. o''n i ,.a,
In thts soiI T,yd IRONS ac n,ins al r,pn ,,n
tat.cs CA il. nrr,sn ,a,I o,','''' "''' P''
Ecritilzers are untnounS hrrot foo,
this an,j IA ,irh ,nn,,gb "a T.. - ~,
forifllgnr Wseif an oti,.r ,",d" Va ~, "
az MS bo,ton, or II ,ess taLn,, A., az, ''- X e.
Orleniis Exnosiiion a"v.rai yea. , ego ~
was nrorn', r,,.oJ - ~, , S'"ir tRo ~
i'm, nin,,v ,be ~ i,bnrI,W55o 20 pgusi 70
DTn,,,ba - g,ido,,' L,,',,',, w a'h.i 4rif
fnws ~ n, 49, Nm1"n mere ana over
I, is ~, v, ,a. TO-. ~, ~ ". i'.i,,n. -,
v,L,,ii' III (" ",,'ty, VI s"ipIis re 'ihl tp'h
II. p,ico bi, H., n,lt H'o e w. a 49, g
"an t. ht,',.i, 'i ngg ZIP MoiHct " lhht u
La a,i re Sa1"a ~ .h'ip ~ y ~ now h'ic'
Lr,'rb, ~, -, ~ g''tf9 htip toui' pr
brinr 50 ana s. ven Nos, % ,t ps, a,' I'M, M
,aH ~ 49,, - - ~ =. 'h'ln "N'H li'liH
it nV ','l Ai@',p 70 ssS PCT aei.
III so,ot ~ ~, VI, ,a,ius '",sr nom ?, 20
"a H., a. - "a ~, 1911. W hNh SUI" W.
s,,,g,i,..,, ~ r. ~ rilhs.l III hueu ron
mitst5,,ti ia, NJ, -, s,l'fibs -. III