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74 TEXAS ALMANAC.
ber. This affords the best stock range. About half-way between the Trin-
ity and Neches is a range of iron ore hills. The principal timber is on the
Neches side. In the Trinity bottom the trees are very large and tall. The
following additional is from the Palestine paper: "Schools-Palestine, one
male, one female, two mixed schools; and throughout the country about
thirty, well attended. Churches: Palestine, four church houses, six church
organizations. Throughout the county, in the various neighborhoods, are
about fifteen church houses, and thirty-five church organizations. Agricultu-
ral products : Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes, sweet and Irish,
and all vegetables indigenous to Southern climates. All kinds of fruits grow
in abundance. Grapes are indigenous, and under cultivation can be made
equal to any in the world. Grape culture may be made one of the most pro-
fitable branches of industry. Minerals exist in abundance, especially iron.
No coal yet developed. Copperas has been made to some extent from the
earth. There are four sulphur springs and two salines."
ANGELIIA CouiTrY.-(By WT. R. Anderson, Rep.)
CourT-SEAT, HoEn.-Common-schools and churches are found in all
parts of the county. Petroleum is very abundant in Angelina, and in the south-
east part of the county it runs in springs from the surface called Tar Springs.
Companies are commencing to bore for it. Corn, cotton, sugar-cane, potatoes,
and all kinds of products, except small grain. Rice and tobacco are also
raised. The soil is black and sandy in the bottoms, and one third of the up-
lands nearly as rich. Some of the uplands are poor. The whole county is
covered with heavy timber, such as all kinds of oak, pine, beach, magnolia,
holly, hickory, sweet gum, sugar maple, ash, sassafras, mulberry, cypress,
canebrakes, etc. The rivers are the Angelina and Neches, which are not
navigable for steamers so high up, but flat-boats are used. Cotton is very
good this year. Corn is not so good. This county has no prairie, and stock-
raising is not followed as a business, though all farmers have sufficient for
their use. Butter, poultry, eggs, etc., are cheap and abundant. Large num-
bers of hogs are raised and sent to market. For twenty-three years the mast
has always been sufficient to fatten the hogs, with only two years excepted.
The cost of raising them is therefore almost nothing. Bacon is saved with
care. The market is Shreveport. Distance, 125 miles by wagons; cost, two
cents a pound for hauling. The wild grape grows in the county, but the
vine is not cultivated. Uncultivated lands are worth 50 cents to $2. Culti-
vated, $1 to $5 per acre. One thousand pounds seed-cotton is the average
product per acre., On the bottoms a bale is often made. Corn, about 25 bush-
els to the acre. A hand cultivates in corn and cotton 15 td 20 acres. This
county votes about 400. Population about 2500, with about one half as
many negroes. There have been no Federal troops here, and the negroes
have given no trouble since they were free. They, however, do not work
well, and the planters would be glad to hire white laborers, if they could be
had. The fruits are chiefly peaches, figs, and plums, but no apples or pears.
Corn is usually worth $1 per bushel; potatoes, 50 cents; beef, 3 cents per
pound; pork, 5; bacon, 12. ; horses, $30 to'$150; oxen, $40 to $60 a yoke;
a cow and calf, $12 to $15; sheep, $2.50. Cistern water is being generally
used in families. There are but few springs, and the water in them and the
rivers is not healthy. There are two steam saw-mills. No manufactories in
this county, but most families make cloth for their own use on hand-looms.
ATAscosA Cour"Y.--(By . .4. Durand, Rep.)
CouJTY-SEAT, PLEASANToN.-Atascosa county was settled in an early day by
Colonel J. A. Navarro, Salinas, and others, but in a few years the Indians be-
came so troublesome that it was abandoned; and there were no settlements of
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The Glaveston News. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas., book, December 1866; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123772/m1/76/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.