. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. r of William , who bad been murdered while a prisoner in Mexico, Eastland1 ounty was ,,,,, of the number of blocks of territory carved from the FORT WORTH AND THE TEXAS NORTHWEST public domain before the war by legislative enactment, but which formany years bad no population to justify a county government. Thecounty was formally organized December 2, 1873. In 1860 the Federalcensus enumerated ninety-nine inhabitants of Eastland County, and in1870 this population had decreased to eighty-eight. The few settlers thatre
. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. r of William , who bad been murdered while a prisoner in Mexico, Eastland1 ounty was ,,,,, of the number of blocks of territory carved from the FORT WORTH AND THE TEXAS NORTHWEST public domain before the war by legislative enactment, but which formany years bad no population to justify a county government. Thecounty was formally organized December 2, 1873. In 1860 the Federalcensus enumerated ninety-nine inhabitants of Eastland County, and in1870 this population had decreased to eighty-eight. The few settlers thatremained during the 60s comprised a sort of advance guard against theforces of barbarism that still held the entire western region of the immigration which followed the war Eastland profited to somedegree, but its real development was due to railroads, and in this connec-tion some generalization may be noted with reference not only to East-land but to other counties in the same vicinity. The decades of the 70s and 80s witnessed the real settlement of. Imrst State Bank, Eastland \\ estern Texas. During the 70s the buffalo were finally hunted fromthe plains, and quickly following them came the great herds of domesticstock and the old-time stockmen. For a few years these latter weresupreme lords of the domain of grass-covered prairies. Not far behindwas another instrument of progress—the railroad—which invaded thecattlemens country and, while co-operating with the stock industry, italso served to introduce permanent settlers. More than any other factor,the railroad has made West Texas a home for people. Where the rail-road has penetrated counties have been organized, towns have been built,and fences have divided the prairies from the sown fields. In anticipation of the railway, settlement became fairly rapid in East-land County at the middle of the 70s. A newspaper correspondent writ-ing in January, 1876. said: Six months ago Eastland City, the countyseat, was laid ou
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