The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
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co,,ad county Is situated In Southwest
Texas and belongs to what Is termed the
enast prairie region of the state II ~
forty.fve miles from the Gulf oil MEXICO
/, n straight direction, and receives tue
henefcent influence of the CUR breeze
which tempers the heat of summer anu
renders the climate pleasant ana heaith-
hl The winters are short and mild' so
much so that farm aud other outdoor Ia
tor are carried on almost without inter-
ruptlon. Its topography Is gently nhuu-
hting. It's area is 500 square miles, TWO
thirds of which are prairie. The natural
drainage OF the surface makes it easy to
maintain, at small expense. good wagon
pads The soil may he classified as black
INDY loan on the prairies river valley
y alluvial and sandy, the latter being
rnfined to the creeks and timbered sec
TINS. The San Antonio river flows
through the county from west TO east
and by its confluence with the Guadalupe
river empties into the Gulf through Es-
pritu Santo bay. Other smaller streams
Traverse the county-the Coleto and Blan-
90 creeks forming the northeast ana
sathwest boundaries; the Mannahuilla,
Perdido Sarco, Cabesa and others. These
creeks and the river for many years sup
Piled the stock of the county with water,
but since stockraising is carried on in pas
lures water is obtained through wells,
ever which are erected windmills for
pumping it, Water is obtained by digging
Or boring at a depth of from % TO lOJ
,eet. The county has a population ap-
roSlmating 5000. Its sources of wealth
ue chiefly those of farming and stock
.ssihg The products of the farm are
ws'oh, corn, oats. sweet potatoes, irish
ptdtoes peas hay, sugar cane. sorghum,
sn all garden vegetables and fruits COM
, loh 10 u semi-tropicul climate. In 1871
~ ~ county produced 6l97 bales of cotton
M.@ pounds each, O., 6gj bushels of corn,
~ ~ bushels of sweet potatoes losi tons
NAY ~ nay and corresponding yield OF othcr
,rvps Stockraising is carried ON in pas
S ss,eS varying in extent from IA few hun
luu 10 5000 acres. There are III the
sSSSShty 1920 head of cattle, 5000 horses,
~ ssheen, 600 goats. $500 hogs.
~ rne lumber on the river consists OF pc
l ss,,. elm cottonwood, sycamore and viii
~" ~ On the creeks and prairies are post
her, r, blackjack, live oak, mesquite, hack
NJ ana wesatchie, furnishing a supply
~ a,,rewood and posts for fencing. The
onanai,iie commercial value, and large
MINUTES are gathered and shipped 10
oat net Ct me post oak, blackjack and I'VE
ars yp,1oduee heavy crops of acorns, which
tli,,, a!uaDle as mast for hogs. The fer
deos.a vi me soil varies in greater or less
ths 80 &C. with reference TO location, that In
Iva I'VE. aI,eer valleys being the most product
pra,r aii.iough the black sardy loan of the
part ns ana creeks constitute the greater
" sn "a me cultivated lands of the coun-
III e ~, are known to produce as well as
far,rv,aalIeys one year with another Good
& 10 * and grazing lands are sold from
Il
tIon ns from market. Thy greater por-
cen,,,1 me lands of the county are sus-
carsbie OF cultivation, and the county Is
tirnstac OF sustaining. at a moderate es-
Of ~ ieXas and Pacific railway, a branch
Throw southern Pacific system, runs
bortbsh Tue county from southeast to
new list distance of thirty miles.
nun nor,b 81 railroad is In prospect, to
sas p oit through the county from Aran-
he,y as on the Gulf coast with this
The DIT together with the existing one,
slr,,s 'ne'opmeht of the county will be as
iiallsts upenlng up TO immigrants and cap
little Ia q lleld for investment hitherto but
euinty assessed value Of property In the
yieldisSr Tor the current year Is $500, $50
Of taxs,,a revenue of So, 63S. The rate
lion M ION is 20 cents on the 800 Vaua-
epnnla,thss county has a fine court house,
EeN TWO years ago at a cost OF
r5yemonnis addition to other public I'M
shi.sIes spanning the San Antonio river
and te, ar Tree to the travelling public,
snaler raj RAJ other iron bridges across
main streams The roads are, in the
epensd good. and new ores are being
q he as as the progress and development
two n,e,i,uhty demand. There are thirty
hing sin He iree schools In the county run
astlc No months in the year. The schoi-
ccolored3 NY. Ton Is 1889 OF which loS are
ts.S ~, The available school fund IS
eonnur, ne present year. The different
'arics,s us US have one or another of the
.ioliad 'enslous denominations.
ns nor, ne county seat, Is situated on
ahd lhv nssh bank OF the San Antonio river,
As t ars population OF 1000, including
limits HIry embracing the corporate
tak trasrr, rom the number OF broad live
gresn IL, with foliage OF perpetual
sqsi az mas nas won the appropriate soorl-
Ia, Pace IN Texas history. Il was here
sonrnsnoSa ttalion of Texas soldiers. under
sefed ~. OF Co,onel Fannin, were mas
" the Me%icans in the war OF