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Population
2,235,543. The area of Texas is 252,514 square miles—the largest
of any State in the Union. The chief crops are cotton, corn and
wheat. Sugar-cane is raised chiefly on the rivers, near their
mouths, and rice in the southeast. Oats, barley, tobacco, and
sweet and white potatoes are grown to a moderate extent. Swine
thrive on the abundant mast of the forests. The chief industries
in the west are stock-raising and wool growing. Figs and oranges
thrive in the south.
Manufacturing
interests are increasing. There are immense deposits of copper
along the line of the Texas Pacific Railroad. Coal, timber,
limestone, soapstone and iron are found in the same region.
There is a field of bituminous coal, about 6,000 square miles in
extent, and a field of anthricite in Brown, Coleman, Comanche,
and Hamilton counties. Salt is produced in large quantities from
springs in El Paso, Lampasas, and Llano counties; asphaltum is
abundant. Large quantities of saltpeter are found in Blanco and
Burnet counties; marble and roofing slate, grindstone, pot and
fire-clays, marl and other fertilizers, are also found in great
quantities.
Since the issuance of our preceding
edition there has been the usual number of newspaper changes in
this and other States mentioned in this work. The several
industries throughout the State have largely increased, and in
every branch and direction show unusual prosperity.
We give a brief description in the
following pages of the several counties, with a tabulated list
of the newspapers published in each.
By County
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Pacific States Newspaper Index
Source: Pacific States Newspaper
Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San
Francisco, 1894
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