The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884 Page: 4 of 4
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ii tli.- (I'wlupiiK-iU of tin- hidden wentth i pro*
a! ||i< ©otmty. Wheat, t-'.rn, oate. millet, ijrriB
mpc aorjtliwii. rjf, barb-v arid cotton. yi. ><i
)EICALand BESCEIPTIVE jjrood r-tu: n« %vlutii property ciiliivatell
i keit irU county if ' id'.ua'.ed In
st Ti" sb'nl 4.V mi's* Iron.
hi. luO miles from l>ttUa«; and
the following named towna nu th eTexas
: railway are lii.tnnr from ft. viz
: about 13 mile:-; Uaird,*
i wiles; Abileuc, nwuiimeat ii
T ' I
IT# OKOASIZAT1C.V. . ;'l|
act of February 1. $38, tjie boun-
f the County were vsrabiished.
the exception of some slight
HtiJI tlio boundary Urn* oJ
If proper.
t of Uto,legislature February 14.
t was attached to Palo Pinto conn
purposes. and on May I,.
• enimtuieiit attached it to
iity. The inconveniences arts-
u thin last !:uv hoou became appa-
(tiw county ie.it of Jack county be-
„early 80 miles distant) and the citl-
g of Shackelford rosolmljtO ofgtnijw.
Von was ordered for till olUoers in
}'{be County started onitu career
ting of the Oomitj' Couimia-
t wag help at -Fort Grlttln.
r 38.1874. By proclamation of
p, dated October 12,1874.
i was designated a* the county
u tern. An election for the perrna-
jcation of the county seat was hel<i
ber 8. 1874. and resulted In the
f r choice of the nothcaat quarter of section
® .one of 'the Blind Asylums surveys, Oft
which -flbany is now built.
soil, AjfD Cl.rSi.VTB.
f . Tlw surtjice of the soil undulates frojg
east to west, iiiiif iii some, places Uses to
,Uch eminence a* to be called mountain-
ous. The valley lands are ot> rich sandy
Jtjara, while the t able hinds are of a ntuch
" lighter nature and better adapted to suutll
•in,., --—III
1 plirpoRfH. lueii' h m iiVHi.p'i
ji the state; and this is not surprising
A'hen we consider rliid during the winer
#' ibe temperature rangi
't • litIjienhel1!', seldom J
freezing p^trti^itCept
- aie teiuiJei-nluie rangw ft-om # to 65 deg.
al low afl the
«v. /iii- point,exciept during the northers,
which do not last longer than trom one
the differ?
ii.
lOik'itin,' . *
k • '
tit' rji'ukv Jo]
:,ud MM-mi- faviHSibW V .g lable£ of aMl
kind* are produced here; ami fi iiits^ucii
jus peaches. iiprieuU, grapes and nylons,
prove a remunerative cro^ k# "Vv
A* in war and politic-. "To the victor
belong 'he spoils." so in husiwiylry to
the f; timer who properly cultivates the
soil, belongs the (rotten of his labor,
'hi' suee.*fnl farmers of tl ii- wKtnly
\c maw twenty-tive to tliii-ty-tive
islieU of wheat to, the acre, wliiie some
their n<%hliors did not iiave. half U al
ield. Corn produet from twenty to
, Irty bushels to tbe aer<?*, whi-le oats has
viclili-d as higli as one hundred and twen-
ty-live bushels to the acre. Cot ton has
exceeded the exiieisttttions of those who
tried It experhnentally a few years past;
>o niucii so. tintj it now forms no incon-
siderable part or our productions. On
Deep creek there hue beeu^uade one bale
to the acre, or in the cotton parlauM Of
'the older stales, a full crop. Millet is a
most prolitlc article on the larui; and ha .
produced as many as three lull crops iii
one season. It is cut Hud savedTor win-
ter food, borghum is auother crop thai
pays thealarmer handsomely ; b«^id«!S n e
molasses that is math from it. the stalk,
when saved, makes a good fiied l'or*tock.
Coal has been found in various parts of
the county, but these discoveries are yet
undeveloped, and are awuithig the influx
of capital, to give them a substimtial
start, commensumte with their import-
':V) :• -t '■ .ls:y' \t- ^^ ■- mi'
itnpe. % *.,§7 -1 ,
Salt has been made here for several
years past, at the old salt works* about
seven miles l'roui Albany, in the soutii
west part of the coun y. on tlui head ot
Bait Prong of Hut^rd creek. The salt
is produced by evaporation, and in
strength and quality* opinpares favorably
with I IverjMKil Aalr. yJ'hey are idle at
pi-ejent, and here i«*a-good opportuidtjr
forluofitableinvestm.nl.
'iWe has b^ij ^jac '«#op .of l'w«n
this ewison. and tne salps realized several
thousand dollars #
>Btock-raislng, which includ<« cattle.
she<ip, horse^. inuk#, hogs and goats, is-
the principal hiditstry of the county
- . wKAi.ru.
No J>ette^evid< nty of the prosperity* 0
the county call be furnished tfum bf com-
valth'S of the pres-
vf tlu: past. In tne.
frity of tb f surrounding country.
igwidi i1?f owth,and Ktrenii'thefi-
ing ^iJi its *.M.pili. until ;h*-i jiopuiir
lioo thus ivaclu^ about oiltc t ttousand.
>:ntoiy ie>hlenc '6 n'-e iieiciirnhnr '« tie.tu-
iil'y iij;r sulrtn li>,, ^rlifh' tfn- lo<:.'d-
itics arc b^fitg iafii'iry liihKlup with 1ln<
structuresTiflarge d'uneu^ieiis. Our iik-i-
ohants receive uulst nil I o; llteir goods by
i f r-l«<ad.'-owing tji llie inmieuse. Hade < u
rietl on wit h the doutttws north aio! iMirt l -
west. 'I'lie daily Uiiius are Uwhki with
Icj. lo lilt, en < ir loath of lunil.er, to'weet
the unprecedcnUd demand for building
material. Jlulldtng rock of the rfmst
quality Is found in the hHls hi elotwprox-
imity to towu. Several luuidrtHl tl.iou-
saud f'Os Of this rock was sldp>«<l to
Houston last summer, j^r ^inkling bridge
piers a d paving the iftw'-eUoif ttRit .effy.
tiius showing its superiority ovm-t roek
much' nearer Iloustoft. A great .saving iu
handling this rock is that it .anbe readily
qifivrrlcd trow tltesid*^ of the hills without
the expense of blasting. The great boas',
of Albany is its pure, healthy water. The
creek hits living Watt* all thetyear rom d;
being' supplied by never-failing springs,
mid well water can.be found at a deptii of
from twelve to thirty feet on any lot.itt
fhe town., By the liberality ami t'ao^JC-
ng'judgmetd of the toundcrs oft he town,
ample v>rovislou has been made tor Alba-
ny to' be the imehUJs of a large, city.
Court Hons.' square is 420 feet square;
fell the streets are. 100 feet wid*, and are
ROSE & KEENER,
DFAUEFeB IN
MATS, CAPS, TRUNKS,
We keep a lull assortment
and sell at Dallas prices.
; ' "I: ■;;" i ^Mpf
OUR MOTTO IS,
v
intersected by alleys -JO feet wide.- On the
fiortii Is the lbiilroad Addition and; Biir.re's
Addition-f u hd<er idmost a town in it^|
s<'4f—ou .tlflrtsaat-und 'southeast. Nixofl's
Addition; and on the west,Jacobs Broth-'
• '"•* ■ "]) pliituresipie .^es, apd
couvonientljf. sitiluted. I
Come to our counter
refreshing bree/4'froin fhe Gulfj JU,|P®
ers' At
tuoet «5ll^IPjpHRl couvonientlj. situated. | . ■ / _
At! tUe- Jirane-lu^'of-Inij<iij«^fc|jortnining lIIlBXlt
to a Ivge <S|ly are-wi B re^i^s<JHtcd ; weli I
soJLootcd stocks ot* general' mertfhrtu'lisi'5 j k ■ ■
hardware and iijfMt■■ttftarjl implement-. ■ ■ ■
drug jstores. hotel's, festuBrants. "s-"f
markets, livery s'uloom, furniture
stores^ and stores for the 4UVof.miscella-
neous goods of aU'kind-. Tl* legal and
medical profession^ rife well repre cnted
and there are two newspapers publishe'l
here- -the Albany Echo and lhe Albany
Star. There uie.'also two ehurchw-
Presbyterian and Method,st. '1 he Baptist T * ^ ^ o-jri
church is In course of construction. l.p. UUpLl
There is a Masonic lodjie. Kni^hu
PythlaB and Legion of Honor, also a cor-
net band. A ii.Uge and... commodious
school house is about to be built, not to
is where we do
a house full
satisfaction. Our
to titi'ee days The smuntet" months are
nnnnrkablf -ftbol and pteasailt esiwciidly [MaifcoU Of the taxa
Ptiriug siuunu l apd ..tiiuum j ont year, wiiii tin*- — - 4 jfUP nousc is aouu. iu w>.
--•year 1881, the total a*scsced'property of! ogt |iVtr thouKand^Iollnrs: Al-
«*e county was for the amount vf *7n5-"(|>lll)y does a cousideruble 'amount,of for-
and tor-the year 1882, $1,037,3 /0.- Wlirtjiug ullt| coiUiUissl n busincsrfor the
showing an Inia^iSQ <w $282,O t7 IO. Btdng on the .direct
,- '<'>y good showing ill the face of. the Qf g* he,v ,al tbed rovers
lik of the -land- of this county are ^ " ■
ids. t'oinprisina school, asyluin ,n
idverity iam.li- 11i re is a larg
trHl known as Peters' colony , uuow only for the probi ty on Hand .iaau-1 >vJ1, ro6ul/|y ^ iimn tln-ue Hgurcs
owned-by tlie J Hry l ofeajh year. It is sale to ligUre the | p„ .s«w4vr^ all .the advantages!
iHpany. and several Actual increase since last January t, be , (.ni,mt.riltl.d. with a population Of
vne.! by indivirlrtaU. 1U)t jeH8 Umn $i00;000 from tnhan<M'd<al-,m>d progression.
would be a s.^- ^irtHJletlon
yeai'sl Albany wilt*«be the 1 urges I city Ut
tiiii-ihwcf-.t TexaV.
Oil
All buttons put
i$£-: -#
in
HP...... . . ...1
paten^MHE^H
you to examine our stock before
^iar<)liasiiigelsewhere.** *
si
r
the unufkot. at from one
jH'r sere, according to ap-
Pt, which Is governed by water
Asylum nnd{ uolvemlty
i' t!il at om
re, with ten
oids U(. ^ pj optji . y In and around A than v - j
j from new buildings erected, und Un
Rock Building, N. E. Cor. Court Square.
" 'j"
greal number of Hocks pi sheep driven
Into tTie county from Slew Mexl.x>, and
other places. The lands own^d by i)on-
« -f ri'sidents have not. lK:en a source, of as
dollar and fifty-1 gr^t; rerenue lor the county smd state as
. . years to pay iii. the^ should be. Tin re is certainly an un-
llial ln tiillm. n!s: ."eh .ol.laiids can lh'i f.,|r disccfnihiatlon made hi permitting
UttM Ivv< at.y ye'ars iu annual Instnl} non-leslitohts to nauler lands at one rloj-
ni Texua<-rallrdtvd lands sn- j.(1, acre, und has. when the same
* fi</urcs, ranging from on- luu,;b ;lU} Jj.-ld by the owners and .agents
to live dolU s, according m If,.,„u two to live dcllars (icr acre. An-
I,other cogent reason why there should be
Colouy ami Fomoo-TeKiUi u more equitHble asnessment of this class
U(U are held ul trom two to | 0; lauds arises from the facttlial the actual
fu r uere. 'Hie Hodstyn KiMllficttler on sejiool and asylum lands I*
ilvviiy oitni>any huvewv- aBHet(W!(| at the ft ill adpralsed Vid.te of all
i4 injrihMek.t,owr iurufthe j |,|, iHnd, and additional .flsaessineut for
w pre-emption surveye, „Vv/y ,uire he n ay have under feuce or iu
fact that llie most of the cultivation.
t y ha«l Utn •urveyc'l be- j ^iK.(.|,ttre taking the piact> of cattle, and
1 cfipof 1885J formed a large item
export* of the county. >ot less
o hundie'l thousanil dollar* worth
. MISTKjU.ANKOl «. *
Shaekelford county h ad at one time
I iiirteeii unorganized counties attached
northwest TexuV,
PH pppp
Tills t/nvn*took Its name from, the fort il" IWJud^) pu- pdses «>ne ot the
which Is adjoining. 'H is sltuatl-d in it wbae^s to U.e^apul se tfeuu ut o tl e
i meruit vailev. outbo south hunk of the -<"«V ,1'"7"f,"v T K ,r
W Fork of Hi- Brazos, about sixteen U-p^hitiofis by Indians Iron, tte *o
uides northeasl from Albany The torl Sill reservati,,H. Ucr expo^l c^ml t o
was esUrblisiictl hi 1S07, and named alter \W*9 ^ ^ breasi«o.i, to, tin
Brigadier Geiicrt Oi|lHu, ol the U. H,
Army,a' that time gtalionwl attial eston.
and was abandoned In i$81. Tiw town
v neai old i tirt
nti.iI
AaHvof
th-vuig
tM" .U e
1* ' B t
Koylfl am
w I eid
urn part* of th<
. a, ..
H«bUmU Jen;
their nmnernos
11 . ... .
Of Un
i:d be
it und orguuiifeitloii.' j iUo *
,u .vsi> Hwa**- b. tl
ntitv of wiiur hluwk-
> . _. ! ,,f Ita
tq> used any wherte. • ' '
ii cuter Hie,1111''
I'he
eoiiiiliejt east aud sooth ; but'when tfie
army ofdjufiaio bnutor* went to Ihe from
CHO
there whs a new pn <(Aij lio.it from tbe>av-
,md was abandoned in «wi. mB tVw.. ] . j ^ r„i,b.
sorted shortly after the tort was mf#, WTT _ ||lt ^d, ,ho
I'l.witoiu Hill, an<
be UorUldiU pjtrt
In, The foliowhij
itits bold streu
eoitut
ml stock cattle have been shipped
en f'om the county during ltW2.
xas Centra) Bail Way Company
j have rendered I'o1 t.i^iat!on for iSH2 <eveti-
I touft miles of railroad aud apput tena
ine huutlrod al d tli(rteen tliousaud, I
eiiiiwi -*•' huitdretl and ten dtillars, and ail
uaiief. apportionment of uiotive power and roll-
on tin nig st.x-K lli Ihe county at eleven thou
il east- sand, three hlMdrMand live
k cunt*. Tite toUd stale lax lor ititfi 1h
lished. but did no assume much propor-
tiobs until 1«74. i he first U>rm of the
District Court for Shaekclfnrd .county was
held here JuiM' 7, 1876. The grantl Jury
fOM1"' thirl, -seven bills of Indictment at
this term, principally misdemeanors, for
gaming aud keeping disorderly houses;
this" elniractor of oll'enders being ill Die
majority in all towns contiguous *o IVoii
tier posts. I'lie twilmy days of the town
Oiay be dated fi'oiu lie fall of 1H75 lo 1S7H,
She can now point with the exulkiti n of
ii pr.iutj mother to Iter prosj erbus prog-
Viiy | f>r these *re her "children : SUf-
I liehs. Callaluin. Taylor, 'l'hroftkinorton,
M Itehell. JS yh'U. «1 oites-uiul 11 owurd oOun
cslahlUlu'd as inde|Hii'leiu
hoiiselii\l(Jn; Haskell, SUmewall. flshw.
Scurry, Borden, OaWsou, Andrew* ami
(jnines counties had also been attached
lo her. ' *
The public buildings owned by the
during the flourishing limes of the great' <he Jtdl and The
hunt. It was no unusual occur-|T,rt '^*^buiH in ^76, of wOar
lu 1
>.i
It
JSirl ofUii
. i t i
ttduuce of ft
I It s in i
Water i •
bs«i
t IC Is III
tifiHi tall a|
the Cleni
| 0Uii<j«
h bu..
*
f 1
t| iUUilr
nil:
wifi
no-
re. Is Nil/
us Insh
ijv, TlK)
.-ailed)
aittlsh—
Aiubt In
mill. AI* «,IS UW UIIUM.HU vew- \ > - j I
11 * I rcnce I iho-clais lo s, .• Jiuy hunters at 1"' ^ 1 ^ou- ^"U^'
#♦ , thoc on Ute str« ls. tdl in with wagons
' for supplies and amumUon. To Ijorm n whhrfi. with furnllmc.
com . t Idea of he iunneuM* business In ^ P olmblv autotH,t to
oponet tiou with .he butlalo hunt, the *VJ« I b ui two^tory ld^,
- ircider Should have .ecu the large wugoi, WW "*]'
loads of guns and „mu..i.lo„ recelvetfat ,
tluil time by the Foil Orlfltn meivhaids. \
The write, s«w ' uuloadeil the,,. |« "' *** • W' ">! **&£}.
Is not the only paper in
Northwest Texas, but it give#
the bulk of the news, espe-
cially
LOCAL.
will) mtcioat
annum. There
lit tell per ecu I
weac* alteration*
Specie
...I ..tl
,fr!
I as
elltJ- f
li.wi.61.iuid for tii^i County I.tU. . J HI. >vintt,r „„ -,™w>w —*^i ^ ™
.... , i ... piivult Ills • November ), 1H77, .SHOIk
Ai.ni.sY rua ctumrv aif*T, Ut one fhue. five wagon hwds ol > • i il-! i.
A .,b .
/lienoUli piongol M'll < 'i'<.e.l., or North aiul a fown cmupoaiHl piiueipall.V ol 1,11
Prong Of llnfihiUHl crcek, as U Js onmt iiarionidlUw and colors, It Is niuund Ui. •
t> ; ! •• '< ''
of lh«geogi.iphli alculerot the Colinlj. dhi. ami tun,it,,1, s.il isiy. j I, Ly M|J(>U| u^litloiml. Astbejulli.
. An elci fl ui wiis held lit t'cnilicr .11 jh7(l. haXir *omcr,oul i'"1'1 be afur c.dh dlon
to move Uie county St at to huf the "OiiM) at tldA iliue. wbii hating foi n ^ , , ,
! l«tler pUee IWIihI to twelve I to«imlHtl*.n. wrs greatly exagKemted l.,i I .^Jj* "o^juyi^ii ejgwjg
jlwo-lhlnis of fhevite polled, heneo tie Jtfco press of nclghlhiilhg eOMHUni. U Is
If f se
ilrst term
Is of the VftP |H>lh«#l, belle
id ri inuhifd al Alhany.
of (he Jt)M(rh'l t>«iurt held at
fhe p
Tlie I true di
quar
til
• fill. t' e pilll.1|
# J.n*e vi'oulit
wontl, I
I'r.ilili
* d gi
'•> • ■ '<% Jh|pTOqH
HmhbPPis ilnioif entirely of po M
and |i!i'M' htu now roek ami i lre a
tfin pi ft mine. There is Un t j
..I s .1. ..Ut of wooil" for Kiel for milt
AI
1X7
I ii>
my was on the 1Mb of N^vciulier,
i, ,Sbaekcllonl e^piity Ih*Iii'j1| then Iu
old TMrty-fnurti) Judlcliimistrlet, J,
Osteiiiout. ittHf*1. The writer ami
ill) colli rust ifw Albany of Hint date,
if tlie Alb.iny of the pfcrtent. 'i'iieil llie
bHil'iin
rlous
a roil u
ubldll
men 4
ilneti
i
su'ltalde ciritl't' tufta- vlll be etveli'd to
mici Ihe detnaeds ol oiu IticreaM tl pill
)H|tor(decluiiiiclcr* unnle fhelr head ||,. htialness. 'Ihe eollMty owns lour
at (Jrlllln, and plied Uielr ttelU h agties nl land In Moljev eoiuify. bin as
illiiirs. but there lived in ,md <' «>* ^ « Jonutitin fiotn the taU\ for vdil-
.. 11eaUoiial purjioM's. the proceeds arblng
tUM *OWB fctjliu saim, time, a law-1 0|. HWj,, (>un^t be expei dc<
for any other purpose thuu that of edu
cation.
-.lie.
HM QP
SJorrtowip
f rom Ihe vartVt* of sod l> I- '■
ult
y4
nd not only wnre Un
be tow It. but for tc
' u now the le
i|||
II.
IU")
nil al
->te
Rfsnli iU i.oiiive or
11 I* Ills
psodu"
mil ui
i. Tit
In
- nf
iW-
Mi |
.
«<> i«t .( Nll'l
of oostwe/o
> s -prinklinij
lit flu'
'B.. „ „
♦ 4*3
IHC <jllU L
fa-vp ami J
i « t fet H*e * ■ >, M.itu
- - !.
i
eh Is irenufttll
,«.A | ||t
ID*, fill
.Hi,/ j.r
iiUiiimIkjm
ifr iilffer, In It'-
ll khldlt tllliVe
I wlfhout feed.
Were the rnsideltcc ot
iheriff.jniil the eourfciliMimii
Ute only housen In
ral miles around,
tlie turn .ill us of tlie Texas
f, ami |f is thought will rj-
a few yi ar«. f«niotw Its
ilea f'riny liifhittty to Us
growth wonld tedloul,
jtHiilc III llda lirlel .Uelcb,
fin uieutlo'ii sonic of flic plomliai|f
res of Ua |iasi a yd prf
i slighl (as p la<h(itd flu
fill urn t)n |le lialilier
nit ft
iiy-di
HWlip
III Ills
try,
tnu
able and chivalrous gentle-
i any uouuly In tlie slate could pro-1
I low ever UHU'Ji It Ulay be t(epr - J
ated tluil men will aoitie time take Ihe
law Into their own Itanda, and Imw evci
much U may be deplored that eue rgi n-
eles occur thai cannot lie remedied by
legal menus; still lu truth, and lo (Itch
cr.di' be II snlil, Ihe tlgflluiivo c^miuiil
n«i of thoafi daywlld not inake on" lube
lake lu Mclecllng Vb t fin ' Since Ihe abltll
doiuncnt of UieptHil Die (own has de
,ised considerably lu populatlou if d
bualtiess' There are two good store
I lien
l
T H E
claims to
•k.
ex
E(! H O
givel value
ivtid to both advertiser
and Subscriber.
re-
Juck Kuthii-r, of Hoihi, Ni'vu
<lg, in in tit! ut iIjh town ami
iliffMifim in'lgijf n xliuvyl ,un<i
nOV«r iliwtl—ii town lit Mk* u
IiiII of {xUhUHf."
THE JOB DKPA RTMENT
n
III soul hern Thr<MlkUlt iO«l Hid part
liiaerlla-d "
llrsl snli of,
I sluil
«*\
I till
I" I "*
.r!.,r
leadlly
iaI ll
l M
Wllttl <ll> W« ll'HI'll flOIII lliH
I'"' f* I |
ret, a drugator.i. onesalooii and a pariiibW of file WoVi'll wino Mfltl I
•■e* It will Iki flu-Iradlug point |Ht,vkl)1 fIA<,|}M|, vi|gjnM | wnN IH-
cenljy naiiiMl ill u I'i Xiih I^iiiiiIuV
Krl|iml. "'I'liut wt' IIIt|sl wulvl*
ovtfly hour for lln* ifuniiigof dm
liriiii grtioHi," u gtistliing girl r#-
|ili**il. '
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Robson, G. W. The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884, newspaper, January 26, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393369/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.