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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
the advantages which may be secured by a removal to that de-
sirable country, Texas, are much greater than have ever before
been offered by any government of either hemisphere.
Texas at present forms a part of the state of Coahuila and
Texas, to which it is provisionally annexed until its population
and resources are sufficient to form a separate state distinct from
Coahuila.
It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico to the west
of Louisiana, from which it is separated by the Sabine river. The
latitude is from 280 to 34 30' north. It is bounded on the east
by Louisiana, on the north by Red River which separates it from
Arkansas, on the west by the Nueces river which divides it from
Tamaulipas and Coahuila, and on the south by the Gulf of Mex-
ico. The climate is salubrious, temperate, and pleasant. The
soil is of superior quality and remarkably fertile and productive.
The natural pasturage for horses, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, etc.,
etc., is beyond description luxuriant and sufficient to support
large droves of those animals winter and summer without any
other expense than herding, so as to prevent their scattering.
The staple articles of Texas will be long and short staple cot-
tons of fine silky texture and very superior quality, sugar, indigo,
tobacco, wine, olives, wheat, flour, maize, rice, beans, peas, pota-
toes and vegetables of various kinds, beef, pork, bacon, butter,
cheese, horses, mules, hides, tallow, fine and coarse wool, and
lumber. Some experiments have been made of hemp, flax, wheat,
rye, oats and barley, which have succeeded very well in the un-
dulating country back from the coast. The fruits will be
peaches, oranges, limes, lemons, figs, etc., near the coast, and
apples, peaches, pears, grapes, etc., in the interior.
The mineral wealth of Texas has never been carefully ex-
amined or explored. It is, however, well known that iron ore of
good quality is very abundant in many places on the headwaters
of the Sabine river, and also not more than one hundred miles
from the coast on the Brazos, Colorado and Guadalupe rivers.
Lead ore (galina) has also been found in various places. Sul-
phur is very abundant on Trinity river. Stone or bituminous
coal has been found in quantities on the Trinity, Brazos and Colo-
rado rivers, and no doubt abounds. A silver mine is known on
the San Saba river, a western branch of the Colorado. Salt is104
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, July 1924 - April, 1925, periodical, 1925; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101087/m1/108/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.