The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1884 Page: 4 of 4
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l the devourment .rf the hidden wealtfi
of thecounty. \\ li<:«i. e.-m. o. .uullet.
sorghtim. rye, barley and eolton. yield
goof! returns wlu-u | r<«|*Tljr eidilviited
n « «(T i« situated Id Wrt^-n.lkvtfr: I*-. Vegetable of nil
;>ru 4«: ,nMU kJttd* atr prdducrd bere; and fruliH, aocii
■ coin.
! DESCRIPTIVE
mlta from Italia*; and
named town* on the Texas
are dbbwt from It.ylz:
13 nrilt'K; liaird,
ne, southwest 16
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Febmary 3, 1858. the honn-
the county wen* established,
the exception of some slight
sfftfl tlie boundary lines of
mmm
the legislature Febi uary 14,
to I'alo Pinto coitn-
porpofes. and, on May 1.1
enactment attached it to
The iaoouvenieuees aris-
~i l w soon became appa-
of Jack comity V -
distant) and the clti-
wfd-to ofg'tniz
for all officers to
Started on its career,
of the County Comrois-
hdpat Fort Griffin.
By proclamation of
October 12, \m.
Bated as tlie county
on for the pernia-
county seat was held
and resulted In |
quarter of section
Asylum tjwtveys, on
te now built.
0 undulates frojno
places ris<^ to
mountain-
better adapted to small
valleys along the
t lands for agricultural
> is ftp healthier county
going as low as the
m
as peachc*. apri. oU, grs|«s and melon*",
pmye a remunerative erop. ...
As in war .and politics, "To the victor
belong the spoils," ao-ln husbandry to
tfce farmer who .properly cultivates tin'
soil, belongs die trutien of his labor.
The suoceasgiil farmers of this county
have made tweuty4ive to thirty-five
bushels .of wheat to tlie acre, while some
of tlieir neighbor* did not have-half tiiat
yield. Corn produces from twenty to
thirty bushels to the acre; while oats ha*
yielded as iiigh ae one hundred and twen-
ty-live bushel* to the acre. Cotton has
exceeded the expectations of those' who
tried it experimentally a few years past;
p much 80. thaa it now forms no incon-
siderable part of our productions. On
Ueep creeH there has been made one .bale
to tin; acre, or in t|ie cotton parlance of
the older states, a full crpp. Millet te a
mostprolific article on the J nu; and ha^
produced as many as three IbU crops in
season. It is out and saved for whi-
8M
ter feed. Sorghum is another crop that
pays tlie farmer handsomely; besides the
molasses that is made from it, the stalk,
when, saved, makes a good feed for stock.
Coal lias been found in various parts of
;t.he <eounty, but these discoveries are yet
undeveloped, and arc awaiting the influx
of capital, to give them a substantial
; start, commensurate with their" import.
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tialt has been Blade here for several
years past, at the old salt works, about
seven miles from Albany, in the south-
west.partof the county, on the head ol
Salt Prong of Mubbard creek. The fait
and
produced by evapotati^p, mid in
table lands areof a much (Strength and (juality compares favorably
with Liverpool salt They are idle at
present, and here is a'good opportunity
for profitable investment. J
There has been a fine crop of iiecans
—«
prosperity ol tW HitirriMm ling country.
growing *i«h iKjflvwih. md *iwugtlieii-
ing whlf its s.reugth, until lo-r * t ular
twin has readied sbOUt owe thousand.
Stately rcidetiec* are beginning to lieau-
tltV <her suburb*, while the, busimtss local-
ities are being rapidly lil.ed up wltli fine
structures of large dimensions. Our mer-
chant* receive most all <ft tlieir goodr hjr
car-load, owing lb the immense trade ««r
ried on with the counties north and north-
west. Tlie daily trains are laden with
ten to ttfU-en ear load* of lumber. to meet
tlie unprecedented demand for building
material, building rock of tlie finest
quality Is found in tlie hills in close prox-
imity to town. Several hundred thou-
sand tons of this rock Was .shipped to
Houston last summer, for buildit^g bridge
and paving the strefcts of that city,
thus showing its superiority over rock
much nearer Houston. A great saving in
mndling this rock is that it can be readily
quarried troua thesidesof theliills without
the expense of blastii g. The great boast
Of Albany is its pure, healthy water. The
creek has living water all tlie year round,
-being supplied by never-fidli^ spriags.
and well water can be found at a depth of
from twelve to thirty feet on any lot 1b
the town. By the liberality and far-see-
i«g judgment of the founders of tlie to wo,
tuuple pr^vislon'has been made for Alba-
ny to be the nucleus of a l^irgc city.
Court House square is 430 feet square
all the streets are lOO.fuet wide, and are
iutersectetl by alleys 20 feet wide. On tlie
uorth Is tlie EiUlroad Addition and Bane's
Addition-—tlte latter almost a town in it-"
self—on the iBast and soutlieast, Nixon's
Addition ; and on tlie west Jacobs Broth-
ers' A.ddiliou; all picturesque sites, and
most eligibly and conveniently situated.
All the bran^ies of business pertaining
to a large city are well represented ; well
selected stocks of general, rawoliaudise;
hardware and agriculturai implement^,
drug stores, hotels, restaurants, meat
markets, livei-y stables, ssdoous, furniture
Stores, and stores for the s.de of miscella-
neous good? of all kinds. The legal>nd
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Is not surprising this seasoa, and tne sales realized several medical professions are well represented.
A*
mtm
than fcpra one
thonsand dollare.
Stock-raising, which includes cattle,
slicep,hoi-ses/mules, hogs and goats, is
the principal industry
■ i wk*lith.
No better evidence of tlie prosperity ol
the county can be fttrnisbed than by com-
T parison oi tiie taxable valnes of the pres-
et year, with those of the past. In tnc
year 1881, the total assessed property of
the county was for the amount of $755,
■MM ; and tortlie year 1883,^1,087,800^
ring an increase of $282,037.10.
A very good showing In the luce of the
fiict that the large stocks of cattle have
diminishing by sales and removals
to ranges farther west. The abov£ tlguqes
show oidy for the property on band Janu-
ary 1 of each.year. It IS Sale to figure the
actual increase slaee last January te be
not less than $200,000 from enhanced val
ue of property in and around Alfiunv
from new buildings erected, and tlie
great number of fiooks of sh.cep driven
Into the county from New Mexico, and
other places. The lands owned by non
have i)Ot been a source of
: revefme tor the county and state as
- should be. There Is certainly an tin
fak discrimination made hi permitting
nop-resldeuts to render lands at one dol-
lar per acre, uud has, wln u- the same
lands «re- held by the owners and agents
r acre to five doiliis,.according to Ht fW)U.^o to five deilars per acre. Ao-
with ten
a-huge
iouyl
by the
1
individuals:
school lands
eom-
at from obc to
KP|
aad university
dollar and fifty
mm&s4
MiltX cl ool lau<is call be"
[ twenty years in annual install-
i Jektts railroad lands are
figures, ranging from tine
Colony anfl Francp-'i'exiin
i iiods are held at from two to
l<eraui*. The Hounton and
I railway .sompuny Jwvesw«-
n the northwest t-oriier of the
few pre-enl^tion survey*
faut that the most of .the
jjpd been ^rveyed bc-
l orgai^iation.
CLOTHING. BOOTS. SHOES
; I|; - f
HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, VALISES, ANL
ROSE &, KEENER
DEALERS IN
■p^imiBlring
We keep a full assortment of good goocb
at Dallas prices.
OUR MOTTO
:cm WILL BUY GOODS
'ipgj-,;- .-V'-.v , ...
Come to our counter
out
m
assortment #f
there is where we do
have a house full
satisfaction. Our
Mi
wlrig
Mule
I rpfwaWrSbaek-
passud anywhere.
Brtuok « tAr the
Hill, and
"fart,
>11<
I streatu
Hw ager.
ak ou tlie
wild ,#0<rt.-
watered I)jy
wi|Ai
A OHH
. P*-
wmm
other cogent reason why there should be
a more equitable assessment of this class
of lands arises from tl>e bet that the actual
settler on school and asylum land# is
ussessed at tlie full adpraist^d vslae of all
Id- land, and a<klhloual assessment for
every aero'he may have under fence or .m
cultivation.
Sl«ep are taking the place of catUe, and
>lie wool cl^pof 18^2 formed a large item
ii. the exports of the county., Not less
than two. huBdred thousatal dollars worth
of beef and stock cattle have been shipped
and driven from the county during 1883.
Hie Texas (Antral Hallway Company
have rendered foe taxation for 1881 tevqn-
ttrfn mlh^of railroad and appurtenances,'
at one hundred aod thlrtwii thonsa
sevm huudred and ten dollartv-and an
apportionment of motive power and roll-
ing stock in the oounty at eleven thou-
sand, three bun IriKUnd five dollars and
ten cents. The total state tax tor y«!l Is
S2.0N.<Hi d tor the cousty |3JI71.(tt.
ALHa.s v Til k < m .N'l v ar.AT. ,
Albany, tin- couhty seat, is siluaUd on
the aortti prong of MUI <>wk. or Nqrih
Prong Ol llubbanl creek, as it 'is in«st
called, and Is throe miles va*
of Uie. geogt it ph lea I canter of Ui« county.
An election was held ixtcomber SI, 1875,
move the count) seat to tirililn. hut tlie
failed to receive tlie neot* ary
of the vol* polled/hence the
I i at Albany. The
aad there are, two newspapers published
here—the Albany Echo and the Albany
Star. There aie also two ehorches—
Fresby terian and Methodist. TliaJbiptist
church is in course of construction.
There is ft Masonic lodge, Knights of
Pytliias and l^giou of Honor, also a cor-
net band. A huge and commodious
school house is about to be built, hot to
cost less than five thousand dollars. Al-
bany does a considerable amouut of for-
warding and commission business for the
adjoining counties. Being on the direct
line of the cattle trail,, here all thf drOVera
buy their, outfits and supplies for the an-
nual drive to Kansas, The drive for the,
year 1882 execoeded 250,000 bead, And it
will probably be more than these figures
for 1883. Posscsslug all the advantages
herring enumerated, with a population of
intelligence, enterprise and progression,
it would be a safe prediction that in ten
yeursl Albany will be the largest city In
northwest Texas.
thk town omrojrr gxijpik.
This town took Its name from the fort
which is adjoining. It is situated in a
uiesquit valley, on the south bank of the
Clear Fork of the Braxos. about sixteen
Bides northeast from Albany The fort
wo* established la 1867, am^ainetl ,after
Brigadier Ueneri 'UqffiB, ot the U. s
Aruiy,a that time stationed at Ual eston,
and was abandoned In 1881. The town
started shortly after the tort was estab-
lished, but. did nof assume much propor-
tions until 1874. The fintt ierui of «thc
District Court for Shackelford county was
beld here June 7, 1876. 'lite grand jury]
founH thlrtr-seveii bills of IndictBieiit at
this term, principally misdemeanors, for
gaming and keeping disorderly houses;
this character of offenders being In the
minority ih all towus contiguous to Iron
tier posts. The palmy days of tlie town
may be dated from 'he foil of 1875 to 1878,
during the flourishing times bf the great
buffalo hunt. It was no unusual occur-
rence 1 i those days to see fifty hunters ai
S tinie an the streets, all In with wagons
for supplies and ammution. To form
of 'lie immense business in
with tlie buffalo huot, tlu
is unsu
on
in the State. All buttons put
examine our stock before
purchasing elsewhere.
i
ROSE &
Rock Building, N. E. Cor. Couot Square.
wire are
* «"««) ibe t«i
'
of Uie I district Court held at
tlie 16th of November,
Hltoni county being then lu
Thirty-fourth Judicial district, i.
■tout, Mi* The writer can
contrast tlu* Albnny of tbot dste,
iunI th« AHmny of tlie pKoewt. Then the
only -moldings were the reshlenee of lieu
ry U, Jacobs, alntriff,and Um< court house;
" not only were they tlie only I muses In
town, hut for several wiles around.
Albany |s bow the terminus of the Te*as
CwdroJ railway, and It Is thought will
ufdn such for a few years. To uote Its
Tlie I^uiy viwhsritudes Infanev Ui lU
••"•ml sturdy growth would be tedious.
te In tills brief sketch,
o mention some U tlie proiidneiit
Its post and present history.
On Hs UniHtr nis> truly he
, Never sho e the
August 1H76, lias
with tuflaled vsl-
iMUJfl- with till*
connection
reader shoifid have seen tlie large wagjpii
loads of guns and sniftnltion received at
that time by tlie Fort Criffln .merchunta.
The writer saw unhaidetl there
at one time, Ave wagon- load* of
lead. Wit* a large garrison of troops,
aYid a town composed principally of si I
iisUonallties and oolors, it if Batumi to
supppoae dlflereuce* wouUI arise, ami ofteu
dkl, mid terminate seriously. Tlie Isw-
leswiess a"d <rime eluirged against Uie
county at this time, while having some;
foundation, wrs greatly exaggerated by
the press of neighboring counties. It Is
true de*)ierate characters made their liasd-
quartors fit Orilttn,and piled their nefa-
rious ejdllngs, but there lived hi and
around the town at tlie same time, silaw-
sblding, honorable and chivalrous gentle-
men as any county In the state could pro-
duce I low ever much It uiay b
i*twl that men will some tiiae lake tim
law into Uielr owu hands, and how svar
it msy he deplored thsteus rgen-
iwur I list csnuot lie remedied by
legsl uicans| still In truth, and to
uredl' be II suld, tlie vigilance <ommlt-
tee of those days did hot make ous ml*
• ak< li #,l|,i|', vicllms. Since the aban-
dounwut of the post the town lias de-
ereoMil con aiders bly In population srd
iHislnees' Tliere are two foo«l stores
there yet, a drug stor*. one saloon sod a
post o**"ee. It will be tin- trading pohit
ol southern Throckmorton ami port of
Uie < :|ear Fork valley always. Tliere |* N
giwnl sehool house sod s Masonic hall
IJeutewwit <)liandh|r.V > A.«ll^i i<i
of
Is near tirlWo. Tlisrs Is a
Mas snd dally msU from Allianr,
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MtOGKLLSMBOUS.
Bbackelford county had at one time
tl^rtecB unorganized counties attached
to her for Judicial purposes. One of the
drawbacks to the rapid settlemeBt of the
coiuity was the exaggerated reports of
deprcdationsoby Indhms from tne Fort
Bill reservation. Der exposed condition
made her -a kind of breastwork for the
oountics easi and south; but when the
army of bufialo hunters went to tlie frout
there was a uew protection from the sav-
ages, who ceased their predatory raids.
She can o6w point with the exultation of
a proud mother to her prosperous prog-
eny; for these are her chlldrea: Ste-
phens. Callahan, Taylor. Throckmorton,
Mitchell, Nolan, Jones aod Howard comi-
ties. .now established as lndej>endent
households; Haskell, StonewalL Fisher.
Bcurrv, Borden, Dawsoo. Andrews and
(values counties had also been attached
to her. * 1
The public buildings owned by the
county are-the Jail and oourt house. The
court house was built in 1876, Of eedar
posts at « cost of StKK). aud was weathor
boarded uhd otherwise repaired at vor-,
lous times Since,, whleb, with furniture,
atovss, atcM would probablv amount to
$W0. Tlie jail Is of ro«:k, two-story high,
with chilled Iron c*gus<4n upiier story
Tlie contract for building It was let to
Thomas A Werner, of Fort Worth, on
the Mth of Hoptuiuber, 1H77. for fH.OOO;
payments- November 1, 1«77, $800;
January 1, 1878, 11.900; balance In
bonds payable in «ie, two and three
yesrs, with interest at tan per gent
per annum. There were alterations
in tike original plan, which oost the oouu-
ty slHiutil ,000 additional. As the Jail Is
ji>out paid for, or will beaflcr collection
of taxes for this year, it l* expected
suitable courthouse will be erected to
meet the demands of our Increased pub-
lic business. The oounty owns four
leagues of land In Motley county, but as
this is a donation from the state, for edu-
cational purposes, the proceeds/arising
from 1uhs« or aale. cannot la- s4|M*nded
for any Other purpose than Uiat of udu-
cHtlon.
mrnmnmammmmmmmmmmmmmmrnm
Is not the only paper in
Northwest Texas, but it gives
the bulk of the news, espe-
cially
LOCAL.
T H J5 E C II O J
also claims to give; value re-
eeived to botli advertiser
and Subscriber.
•SB
™s
Jo«b Billings says: ui wax
nnor> uHknd if 1 bud ever b*rd
JBob lti«*Jt8«ill on tbe mislakea
ov and replied 1 had not,
bnt would giv 00 doJIars «nny
lime to bt'itr Moms on the mis-
takes ov Bob lugfrsoil."
One of these days tbe world
may use wnter instead of kero-
sene for ill ii minuting purposes.
A Russian lieutenant Is said to
have discovefed a spltsianre
wliiob ia capable of imparting
iuminoua pioperties to ohjeots
to wbioh it is applied, it ex-
pends Us power, however, in
nigbt boors.
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THE JOBDBPARTMENT
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of the Echo is first-class
prices as low as any coi
office can work for and
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Patronize It and It will do you
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The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1884, newspaper, February 2, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393880/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.