. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. an Indian incursion was made into Parker i Iourt I [ouse, We wherford During the comparative security of the early 50s settlement wasrapid. The population in 1858 was estimated at 3,507, including a smallnumber of slaves, (160). About acres were in cultivation, wheat and corn being the onlycrops, and over 10,000 cattle raised on the ranges. Weatherford had apopulation at this time of 175, there being only five negroes in the littletown. The author of Information about Texas, whose observations weremade about 1856-5
. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. an Indian incursion was made into Parker i Iourt I [ouse, We wherford During the comparative security of the early 50s settlement wasrapid. The population in 1858 was estimated at 3,507, including a smallnumber of slaves, (160). About acres were in cultivation, wheat and corn being the onlycrops, and over 10,000 cattle raised on the ranges. Weatherford had apopulation at this time of 175, there being only five negroes in the littletown. The author of Information about Texas, whose observations weremade about 1856-57, says of Parker County: It is a desirable regionfor small farmers. Weatherford. a new town and county seat, is rapidhincreasing. No1 twelve months ago the site was laid out and yet thereare already a court house in process of construction, and several otherpublic buildings, one hotel, several stores, private dwellings and othermarks of civilization. Weatherford built up rapidly in those years1 in. of tin firsl steam flour mills in a large region of the country wasstarted there about the middle of 1S5S. ami
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