The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 14, 1883 Page: 4 of 4
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tra«-t* unci suctions owned by todtoftdaato.
'Hie plternate aeetions at achool land*
by the dlfferant railroad oam-
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advantages. Asylum and university
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; school lands can be
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: Tor quality and quantity of water Shack-
elford crnnot be surpassed anywhere.
Thei CJkar Fork of the Brazos enter the
county near old Fort Phantom HSU, and
meander* through the northern pan.
tSoVFowf* OS; t)i> second Mon-
a montn, at
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the second Sab-
be Aldington
jaOri tltf: secoti<!
lonth, at 11
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creeks pay tribal* to this bold stream in
Its course
em H rt of fl e county art watered by
Hubbard's, Deeft awl Battle creeks, wife
tieeabie fa<
yond gmi-ehot ranjre Jiving gaiter to
am- part of this con . There is an
«f net hand. A largr and <:on mo«ow I correct Men of be
fchool bonne hi aboat tu be built, not u>
less than •satboasunft dollars. Al-
hrniy dues a oonaluerabja amount of for-
warding and coiunuaaion bustauss ft* the
adjoining? eounliea. B*iu* on the dlreto
line of the cattle trail, here all the drovers al one
The above figure*
I on hand Janu-
ary 1 of eadh year. It teeaie to figure the
I in since last January te be
$300,000 fromaalaanaiaalo
ae of proper* in aiid
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frota Hear Mexico, and
The tondc owned by non-
residents have not been a source of as
lor the county laid state as
made si
non-realdentS to render lands at one dol-
lands are h-ld by the owners and agent*
per acre. M
this class
arises from the fact that the actu ]
settler on achool and asylum lands Is
MSOSBBd at the toll adpraised value of ell
hi, land, and additional assessment for
every acre be may have under fence or to
the wool clip of 1882 formed a large item
iu the .exports of the county. Not less
Aan two hundred thousand dollars worth
and driven f-om the county during 1883.
The Texas Central Railway Company
have rendered for taxation for 18B2 leven-
teen miles of railroad and appurtenances,
at one hundred and thirteen thousand.
dollars, and an
srf of motive power and rott-
ing' atockin the county at eleven feoa-
8ft nd, three hundred and five dollars and
ten cents. The total stale tax tor 1882 18
t2.0M.5l. and for the county $3371.61
buy tlieir outfits and suj.jdtoa for the an-
nual drive to Kansas. The drive for tl«e
year 1888 execeeded *50,000 head, and ft
win probably be more than these figure*
for 1883. PosxesMiu* all the advantages
handing enumerated, with a population of
telfigenee, enterprise and pregreaal
U would bea sale prediction that in
years! Albauy wtH he the largest city in
atfcawstTexat.
the town or wwrr anuria.
This town took its name from the fort
which is adjoining. It Is situated ia a
meeqult valley, on fee south bank of the
Clear Fork of the Brazos, about sixteen
miles northeast from Albany The fort
was established la.1867, and named after
Brigadier Ceneri Grjffin, ot the U. S.
Army, at that time stationed at Gal eston.
and was abandoned to 18SI. The'town
started shortly after the tort was estab-
lished. but did no' assume much propor-
tions until 1874. The first term of the
District. Court for Shackelford county
oo: nectfctti with tin- buttah. hutrtA tbr
n td «r should have awn th.- large -engr...
loads ot gun«> and amnutiioii rew!\**t al
Cntf time by the Fort Krltbn vwrahairta
The writer saw unloaded Utore
loads of
. TOh a large" garrison of troof*.
a town ooiuposed principally of all
colors. It is natural to
^ would arise, and often
did, and terminate seriously. The htw-
Of neighboring
te hoi for judicial purpeaM One o the
«lrt a«Uaoks lo *.he hiTid.seltieoimrt of the
ommH|' a-as .the enaggoin*^ ruporti „i
d«-pre intions l \ Indians fr«m the fort
Sill .-ewervatior. Hor exposed condition I
made iter a kind of bmaatwork for.xhe
counties east and aonth; bat whea tba
army ofhufialo hunters went to the fraat
tl ere was a near protection from the sav-
who ceased their predatory talds.
>■ now noint with the axultwd >n of
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a pi> ud mother to her prosr-enms peog-
enjr ; for tb^ee are her efaBdwn : tftte-
rious callings, hut there lived to and
town at the same tim^as law-
abiding, honorable and chivalrous gentle-
men as any county to the state could pro-
How ever much it may be depre-
hat men will some time take the
law into their own hands, and how ever
much it amy be deplored that emHrgen*
cies occur that csnnot remedied by
legal means; still to truth, and to their
credit be It said, the vigilance commit-
tee of those days did not mak6 one mis-
Mitchell, Nolan. Jones and Howard«
ties, now established al
bouwlioldit^ I
Scun v, Boidnn. Uawsou. AadwWtand
tialues oounties had also bean attwhad I
to her.
ewned
was
probablr
of. rock
held here June 7,1876. The grand jury
at
this tenn. principally misdemeanors, for
taming and keeping disorderly booses;
this character of offenders being in the
majority to all towns contiguous to fron-
tier posts. The nalmy days of the town
may be dated from/he fall of 1875 to 1878,;
during the flourishing times of the great
Buffalo hunt It was no unusual occur-
rence i those days to Bee fifty hunters at
a time on the streets, all to arith wagons
for supplies and smunition. To form a
stoves, etc., we
$4QQ. The jail i ■■■■■
with chiliad Iron cages in npiter
The couhact for buildinjr it
Thomas A Werner, of Fort „ „
the 24th of September, 1877. for i
payments- November 1, 1877, ■
January 1. 1878, ilJOO; balance
bonds payable in one, two and thn
years, with intteiest at ten
ner annum. There were a
the origin id plan, whlt-h cost i
Wm
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of the post the town has de-
eniaed considerably in population a~d
business- There are two good stores
there yet, a drug f^tora, one satoon and a ^ ntK.til fi,0(K/addi tionaT
post o^ce. It wlli be the trading point
ot southern Throckmorton and part of
the Clear Fork valley always. There is *
good school house Mid a Masonic hall.
Lieutenant Chandler, U. S. A.,is stationed
tbere in charge *4f the Tonkawa Indians.
wh.«t camp is near Griffln. There Is a
hack line and daily mail from Albany.
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axes tor Hi'
suitable ooprt 1
nf tooEas for this rear, tt is'
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Shackelford county had at one time
He business. The oounty
leagues of land in Moth
this is a donation from
csflonal . . JM|gPi
from lease or sale, cannot be
for .any other purpose than i
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t potsndt The otiier n;pedes such to
pereh, buffalo,suckere aud eels
'.Tl* prtnotpaloreeke r.rpfrtnged with.
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eets j iilack-jack. In tne eari;
jty-lsndug was almost
[add pickets, but aiea^
R j taking the pi-eferenoe. T
w>nd { of R dtArth of wood for M
7ear* hence,
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R fW«.*be<f«ftatr of aofi itls butj^Sn
al to expect various products. The
of wealth is the grass of
and in foot the same may bel
said of nortwest Texas generally. We
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its past aud present history,
and a slight peep behind toe sliver lining
of Us future On its banner may truly be
"Excelsior." Never since the
in August 1875, has
Wife iuflalud Vll-
ik fifce)ferg' aunty m ritowtod to
tmrtharp^ Texas, ahont 190 nOn from
•-uv«stoti< ySO ttitor from DaUas; and
r .' J«how}ng named towuaoa tbe.'texas
lumtic miiway are' dWufl*. from It. vto:
"wx>, Maitheast about IS ?.*■ l. ■
fe-jutl) IS iaifci*« Ablleue, southwest li>
rrs Ofeu lauiaTtoK. / •
> By net ot' February 1,18§£, tbe bean
tiaries of (far county .Wore eetabltshed
fsA«k With (hie rxoep'-yn of sotoe slight
changw. ate stiU the boundary fines of
tbe county proper,
Mr act of the iagialHlur- Febtnary M,
as attached to mato Finlp coun-
Ut'ikiw purposes, and onJUj i.
•toil oounty. The I
mg thifu this lad tow
iwi, (the county seat of
i nearly HO udtos distant) and fee «&-
i«ut of >ia< i> itord resolved to orgtnbw
A !T'«i -tSwa mi ordered for all alli'w n.
W4. and the «oontyatortotontto I
■' Got* was uatp at Fori
impmrn Ortto, dtatod Oet«het ; ;
m I r «to was designated asthe «
tlfy her suburbe.
sties are being rapidly filed up with fine
Our mor-
al) of their goods by
the farmer who
soil, belongs the
I'll' Ku«*x-S«fu
Tbe daOy trains an laden with
tea to fifteen car toads pf lumber. In
the north prong of Mill Creek, or North
iif It is most
b tl.: ■ mUei ea
An election was held December 80L, ISPB,
to move fee couji^seat to GrijBii. botthe
latter place failed to xeceive lhenecwisary
two-thirds of the vote foiled,'hence fee
tsountr seat rtinaiued at Albany. Tbe
first term ttf the district Court held at
IStb of November.
county being then to
JndfeM dfctriet, J.
. Osn rbout. judge. Tbe writer ten
contrast fee Albany of that date,
Albany of the present. Tben the
balitUngs were tlie residence o( Hen
ry C. Jacobs, sheriff,and the court house;
and notrndy were ihey fee only houses to
the toarn, but for several miles wound.
Albany Is now tbe terminus of tbe Texas
Central raDway, and ttis thought will re-
main sucb for a few years. To note its
many vtatoaltude* from infancy to iU
present sturdy grewtii would be tedious,
and not appropriate 1h this brief Sketch. ...
jot the promlaent 7 •
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of their
yield Corn
tfabtj huslieis u>
j i«-,lded as iugii as
ty-flvt bosheis to
Bidkllng rock of the
^ialitr is found la the hils to dow pryc
tried tt
go much ao, th« j ft no w form* no
part of our productions. On
been made one bale
to tbe aeve, or to fee aottoa ymrUmu of
the ohter states, # foil crop Millet h s
tancb . nearer Houston.
tiandlUig this rock is that it can be readily
quarried from the sides of tbe hQk withont
'( Aibaay Is Its pure, bealtby water. Th-
living water nU fee year round
•plied byneveHMiag spring
well water «an be found at a depth ot
twelve to thirty foot on any tot to
one
ler find. Sorgbuoi Is
laiys the former
niotowes feat b
yean pasu m mm obi
xevctt mitos Irtaa Albany, to the
the ooaaty, aa
SaitFrong of Hf'
la produced ty a.a^uatton, art to
stMycttMHflPIVI
wife IJverpool sdL Tlwy are al
nreaonk, and ben hagpod
laudaaroof a n~!
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COUNTIES, TO THE BUSINESS OF ODE HOME PEOPLE,
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OUR PATRONS AND THE PUBLISHER.
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ItettSnd with their interacts and being no *magw to the newapnper bnsioeM, wa feel
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Robson, G. W. The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 14, 1883, newspaper, July 14, 1883; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393965/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.