. The immigrants guide to Texas giving descriptions of counties, towns and villages, with valuable historical and statistical information .. . es several varieties. The Brazos red loamlands on either side of the Brazos river andextend along the meanderings of the stream fornearly fifty miles in this county, and are especi-ally adapted to corn and cotton. There is also achocolate colored soil, stiffer land, found in thecreek valleys that not only produces corn and cot-ton equal to the red loam, butyields equally if notsuperior to the black waxy. We have twelvecreeks in the county, v^^ith beauti
. The immigrants guide to Texas giving descriptions of counties, towns and villages, with valuable historical and statistical information .. . es several varieties. The Brazos red loamlands on either side of the Brazos river andextend along the meanderings of the stream fornearly fifty miles in this county, and are especi-ally adapted to corn and cotton. There is also achocolate colored soil, stiffer land, found in thecreek valleys that not only produces corn and cot-ton equal to the red loam, butyields equally if notsuperior to the black waxy. We have twelvecreeks in the county, v^^ith beautiful, broad vallevson either side, with dark loam soil and clay sub-soil, with enough sand to make plows shed satis-factorily. Land generally produces from one-half to one bale of cotton, corn from 35 to 60bushels, wheat 15 to 25 bushels,oats from 30 to 100bushels, millet 2 to 4 tons,sweet potatoes 75 to 150bushels per acre. Peaches, apples, plums, pears,grapes, apricots, berries, and in fact any kind offruit grows successfully anywhere in the of all kinds grow in abundance. Coal (136) Wilsons immigrants guide to Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford. (130) Wilsons immigrants guide to Texas. and iron and other minerals abound in the westernpart of our county. We have two lines of rail-roads, the T. & P. passing through the countyfrom east to west and the G., C. & S. F. enteringthe county from southeast corner and terminatingat Weatherford, Texas. We have 91 schools, forwhich there is expended $22,500 annually; about191 churches, and all denominations are well rep-resented. Weatherford, the county seat, is located ou a high healthypoint, sit lated on the headwaters of the Trinity river, 62 miles westof Dallas: has 7 churches, Methodist, Baptist, Old School Presby-terian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Christian, Catholic and Episco-pal, and three weeklj^ newspapers. We have electric lights andwaterworks; have two banks, with an aggregate capital of $388,000; g
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