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THE TEXAS ALMANAC. 299
The county lies on the low coastal plain
surrounded on three sides by the waters
of the Gulf. The soils in the upper part
of the county are black hogwallow; near-
er the coast black and light sandy. Some
cotton is grown, also corn and sorghums.
Considerable attention is paid to truck
production and there are orange, grape-
fruit and peach orchards and vineyards.
A large part of the area is utilized for
grazing beef cattle.
Port Lavaca, a town of 2,000 population,
is at the terminus of a branch of the
Southern Pacific on Matagorda Bay. Port
O'Connor, on Matagorda Bay, is a resort
and the center of a fish, oyster and
shrimp industry. Seadrift is a resort town
on San Antonio Bay.
CALLAHAN-*Created, 1858; organized,
1877; area, 854 sq. mi.; Pop., 1920, 11,844;
*1927, 16,000; Alt., 1,700 ft.; *rainfall, 24
in.; Central West Texas.
The county caps the Callahan divide,
which marks the boundary between the
watersheds of the Colorado on the south
and the Brazos on the north. The soils
vary from gray and chocolate loams to
sands and sandy clays. Much of the
county is especially well adapted to diver-
sified crop growing. The largest com-
mercial apple growing industry in Texas
is located in this county and there is a
large production of peaches, plums and
pears for market. Peanuts, sweet pota-
toes and a variety of vegetables are
grown. In addition there is a cotton
crop of about 18,000 bales annually. There
is still some ranching in the uplands of
the county, and there are extensive dairy-
ing and poultry raising industries. Pro-
ducing oil and gas fields are located in
the southeast part of the county, and a
vein of good bituminous coal exists.
Baird, the county seat, is a town of
about 2,800 population. Clyde and Put-
nain are smaller trade centers in the
north part of the county. Cross Plains is
an oil center in the southeast part.
CAMERON-*Created and organized,
1848; area, 986 sq. mi.; Pop., 1920, 36,662;
*1927, 75,000; Alt., 0 to 65 ft. *rainfall, 26
in.; extreme southern point.
Most of the county lies on the Rio
Grande delta, this area comprising ap-
proximately half of the "Magic Valley"
of the Rio Grande. (See also Hidalgo
County.) The soils vary from sands to
heavy clays, all of extraordinary fertil-
ity. Water is lifted from the Rio Grande
by pump into a gigantic system of canals.
Six large irrigation projects are in op-
eration and a seventh will be developed
during 1928. Citrus growing is rapidly
becoming the principal industry, more
than 25,000 acres of orchards reaching the
bearing age in Cameron County in 1927.
Within a few years thousands of cars of
grapefruit will be shipped annually. There
is also a large cotton acreage which ordi-
narily produces about one bale to the
acre, and a large industry devoted to cab-
bage, beans, potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes,
carrots, beets, peppers and other vege-
tables, grown largely during the winter
months. Probably nowhere in the United
States is agriculture a more intensified
industry.
Brownsville, the county seat, is a town
of about 20,000 population, situated on
the Rio Grande across from its sister city
of Matamoros. also a city of about 20,-
000. (See p. 258.) Though an old city, ithas grown very rapidly during recent
years. Building of the Southern Pacific
into the valley, one branch of which ter-
minates at Brownsville, and the develop-
ment of a port at Point Isabel have
greatly stimulated the growth of Browns-
ville. Situated near the coast, the cli-
mate is mild in winter and cool in sum-
mer, attracting many tourists. San Be-
nito and Harlingen are towns of about
10,000 population each in a rich produc-
tive part of the county.
La Feria and other towns line the route
of the "Main Street of the Valley" from
Brownsville to the Hidalgo line. A gigan-
tic reclamation project is reclaiming much
valuable overflow land. There are ninety-
five miles of concrete highway in the
county, and as a result of a $6,000,000 bond
issue in 1927, 205 additional miles will be
constructed.
CAMP-*Created and organized, 1874;
area, 207 sq. mi.; Pop., 1920, 11,103; 1927,
13,000;' Alt., 400 ft.; *rainfall, 40 in.;
Northwest Texas.
This is one of the small counties of the
State; it lies in the shortleaf pine belt of
Northeast Texas. The surface is gently
undulating and generally adaptable to
cultivation when cleared of timber except
along the hills at the edge of the low val-
ley of Big Cypress Bayou, which forms
the northern boundary. The upland soils
are defined as Norfolk and Susquehanna
fine sands and are excellent for diversi-
fied crop farming. Meadow soils and al-
luvials occupy the bottoms. Cotton, corn,
sweet potatoes, white potatoes, peanuts,
melons, peas and beans and sweet sor-
ghums for syrup are the principal crops.
Other crops are cabbage, onions, tomatoes
and cucumbers. Peaches, plums, apples,
pears and berries are grown throughout
the county. There are about 2,500 dairy
cows in the county, this being the prin-
cipal live stock industry.
Pittsburg is the county seat, a town of
about 3,000 population.
CARSONt*Created, 1876; organized,
1888; area, 893 sq. mi.; Pop.., 1920, 3,078;
*1927, 15,000; Alt., 3,100 ft.; *rainfall, 21
in ; Central Panhandle.
This county is-on the high plains. The
surface in the southern and central por-
tions is level; in the northern part the
level lands are broken by a number of
draws leading toward the breaks of the
Canadian River. The soil is principally a
dark heavy loam, but there are some
lighter soils. Wheat is the principal
crop, and grain sorghums, oats and for-
age crops are grown. A small amount of
cotton is grown. One of the greatest gas
fields in the world lies in this county and
there is some oil production. Just across
the lin\e is the great oil field of Hutchin-
son County.
Panhandle, the county seat, is the prin-
cipal city. It is situated on the main line
of the Santa Fe with a branch extending
to the oil fields; it has grown rapidly and
has a population of about 7,500. White
Deer, with a population of about 4,500,
is another town on the Santa Fe, serving
as trade center for a rich farming and pe-
troleum territory.
CASS-*Created and organized, 1846;
area, 951 sq. mi.; Pop., 1920, 30,041; *1927,
33,000; Alt., 275 ft.; *rainfall, 40 in.;
Northeast Texas.
This county lies in the sandy and sandy
*See page 358 for explanatory notes and references
to additional information on counties and cities-.
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