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West bank of the Brasos River and is a pretty place with 5000 in-
habitants. They have a beautiful suspension bridge across the river,
that connects East Waco and will be the R. Road Depot in less than
2 years hense. The lands are very good in McClellon County but
there is scarcely any timber but lovely streams of water running all
through the county.
From Waco we left on Saturday for Meridian in Bosque County:
about 22 miles we came to Mr. Daniel McNeills on Hog Creek a
very pretty country. I found Mrs. McNeill looking well and glad to
see her old acquaintance. We stayed untill Sunday and left for
Valley Mills, a small town on North Bosque, a lovely stream that
has much water and fine fish with splendid farms along the river
valley. Here we found D. McNeill (Wild Archy) who went with us
to Childer's Creek where we found Sandy McNeill. They live in a
prairie country and is quite rocky. We remained here until Monday
morning. The crops on the prairie are poor from the drought. There
is a good deal of stealing about here but the theives are summarly
dealt with.
We left on Monday for Meridian, passed over a large prairie coun-
try to the Bosque River near Clifton, a place with a few stores and
flouring mill. This is certainly a beautiful valley with rich lands and
fine water but chills and fever. All the way up to Jack Lewis' it is fine
country. Meridian is a poor place with some 6 stores and a poor
looking court house and rotten jail.
From here we turned our course for Fort Graham and went across
to Steels Creek and down it to Louis Whitlys where we found the
family all pretty well. They were very glad to see us. We found the
land very good there and beautiful farms on the Brasos River. They
are all suffering from the dry weather. We crossed the river and
found it about 15 inches deep. There is certainly some fine lands
in the valley as can be found in the state. Fort Graham is on the
East side of the river is not even a respectable one horse town. It
has two or three doggeries with tangle leg sold to the beef drovers
and it even kills some of them.
From Ft. Graham we took the road thro Cross timbers a lot of
postoak that runs many miles nearly North and South that is seen
at a great distance from the high hills and peaks of the Brasos knobs.
We passed along by several farms in the timber and crossed Aquilla
Creek. Thense to Peoria a small town on the edge of the prairie with
a widespread prairie rich and full of farms. It presents, indeed, a fine
appearance with farms and homes in contrast with the vast territory
that we have just past.
We passed by Hillsboro, the County Seat of Hill County, a pretty
little town in the midst of a vast prairie as far as the eye could see.
Court was in session and there were many people collected there.265
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