The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, July 1924 - April, 1925 Page: 100
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
titles in the high region of the Colorado, but no experiments in
mining have been made, for two reasons, one is, the supposed
mines of the precious metal are in the Indian country, and an-
other, the want of population and capital.
Nature seems to have formed Texas for a great agricultural,
grazing, manufacturing, and commercial country. It combines
in an eminent degree all the elements necessary for those differ-
ent branches of industry. It possesses at least 70,000 square
miles of sugar lands, south of latitude 30 and east of the river
Nueces, which is the western boundary of Texas. This river is
about 80 miles east of the Rio Grande, or Bravo del Norte. The
northern and high parts of the country are well adapted to wheat
and small grain, and the situation of the streams affords great
facilities for waterworks and irrigation. The whole country pro-
duces cotton of the best quality, acknowledged in New Orleans
to be superior to Louisiana cotton. The tobacco and indigo is
also of superior quality, the latter is spontaneous growth of the
country. In addition to these, the soil and climate are well
adapted to the culture of the vine, the olive, and other fruits
and productions of a temperate Southern latitude. The coun-
try on the Sabine, Nechez and Trinity rivers abounds in good
pine timber, and some cypress, and cedar, though the two latter "are
not abundant, and live, and the other species of oak, and the
North American timber is sufficiently abundant in every part of
the country, except the southwestern section on the Nueces, which
is thinly wooded.
The Mexican government with a degree of liberality un-
equaled have opened this fine and truly desirable country to the
enterprising and industrious of all nations: lands are granted to
emigrants for almost nothing. The principal requisite to ob-
tain them is actual removal and settlement, and unquestionable
evidence of good character, and steady, moral and industrious
habits; indeed, without such evidence, no one is permitted to re-
ceive land as a settler.
In the winter of 1820-21 Moses Austin of Missouri visited
Texas, and obtained from the Spanish authorities permission to
introduce and settle 300 families from the United States in
Texas. This gentleman died on his return to Missouri, and the
enterprise was taken up by his son, Stephen F. Austin, who100
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, July 1924 - April, 1925, periodical, 1925; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101087/m1/104/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.