The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19
TEXAS ENTHUSIAST.
j. W. Brown Says Lone Star State Is a
Peach" She's the Longest and
Broadcast State on Earth.
SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS.

at tnelr journeys enu, country
unsurpassed IN beauty, fertility,
and magnitude In all the worlds
domain of primeval soil. 1t Is a
region limited in It's vastness,
only by the blue rim of the sky.
For many miles, the same beautl.
full landscape spreads before the
vision of the immigrant, broken
only by the plantations of set
tiers who have preceded HIM.
Going to the Panhandle and the
South Plains of Texas, is not like
gong to the "W estern Reserve"
of Ohio; to the Egypt" of llli-
nols; to the Cherokee Strip" of
Oklahoma, or to any other corner
of local fame in the United States
where one may take a look, and
turning around, betake himself
to another locality, in few hours;
for Texas is unlike any other
state in the Unlon-lt is the larg-
est, and its area is nearly nine
per cent. of that of the entire
United States. Between the two
oceans, 1T is S25 miles in length,
and 740 miles IN width. 1t has a
coast line of 400 miles, and on
one side of it, the Rio Grande
flows for 500 miles, The area of
the State Is 262, 900 square miles.
The states of Name, New Hamp.
: shire. Vermont, Rhode Island
Connecticut, Virginia, West Vir
glnla, Delaware, Pennsylvania
, Maryland, Indiana, and OhlC
might be set within It's borders
!, without crowdlng.
Some illustrations of the "blg,
ness" of the state may be inter.
esting. In the wide expanse OF
the Plans of Texas, one is I'M.
pressed with It's magnificent dis.
tances. Travelling by the Santa
Fe railway from Chicago to Am
arillo, the metropolis Of the Pan
handle, the Journey consumes
twenty-four hours, and crosses
SIX states. Travelling from Am
arillo to Galveston, by the near
est rail route, the journey con-
sumes 27 hours-and all the way
IN Texas.
Imagine, If you will, the big
State to be on a hinge at the
north line OF the Panhandle.
From this hinge, turn the State
over, and Brownsville, which is
the most southwesternly town IN
the State, would be in the middle
of North Dakota. Set the hinge
at Red River, and turning Texas
over, the State would cover all OF
Oklahoma, the most OF Kansas
and Nebraska, and parts of New
Mexico, Colorado, Arkansas, and
Missouri. The Panhandle Is
nook IN the northwestern corner,
and is formed by the boundaries
Of Oklahoma on the eastand north
and of New Mexico, on the west
The South Plain is continuation
TO the southwark of the same
character of soil, topography. and
climate. The whole Is a high
plateau, and It's watersheds are
the sources CT numerous streams
which flow southeasterly, anC
discharge their waters into th'
Gulf of Mexico-as the Red, tn,
Brazos, and the Colorado rivers.
Hooray for the old Lone Stal
State! She's a whopper! She's
a peach! She's the biggest ant
broadcast on earth! She can pu'
Rhode Island IN her vest pocket
She could make a meal OF foul
states like Maryland; take Yer
mont for dessert, and wash then
all down by drinking the Mis-
. sissippl dry and not have to take
pepsln, either. Yes; Texas II
bounded on the east by the alliga
tors OF Louisiana and the huckle
r berry thickets of Arkansas; oil
J the north, by the tomahawk ant
the war.whoop Of the Red Men
: on the west by the Chill Cor
I Carne Of New Mexico, and on ths
south by the Gulf Of Mexico
land If 1t were not for the meas