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COUNiE AN ~IS0 rxA 9
Resources Red, chocolate and sandy loam soils,
some clay Mesquite, hackberry, elm and cedar in
Brazos breaks Underground water at average
depths of 30 to 125 feet Small oil production.
Crops 15,754 bates cotton, corn, grain soighums.,
oats. wheat, bailey Fruit, \egetables for local use
Alalfa, etch, winter peas new crops Soil conser-
\ ation act t ity extensr1 e
Livestock Beef cattle, hogs, dairy products,
eggs, sheep marketed Trend of crops combined
wlth stock raising continues.
Area sq mi .. 854 Income...... $6,777,000
Population .. 12,500 Cropland (a). 170,190
Pop sq mi... 13 5 Bank dep ... $4.660.000
Tax value ... $7,059,980 Retail sales.. $3,834,000
Total %alue S17,649,950 Auto reg ... 2,637
Benjamin (599), county seat, retail, shipping
point dependent grain and livestock industry
Munday (1,545) is retail center with cottonseed
oil mill. grain elevators, gins, compress Knox
City (1,127) is in productive crop area with oil-
drilling acti ity under way in early 1947. has
good hospital Goree (425) is cotton-ginning and
market point.
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In Northeast Texas, bordering Okla-
homa across the Red River Southern
central and southwestern parts on rolling Black-
land Prairies, southeast corner and northern thud
in Post Oak Belt with some broken county along
Red Riser. Created from Red River County 1840,
organized 1841 Named for Mirabeau B Lamatr.
President Republic of Texas Alt 550 ft , ann
rainfall 40 30 in , mean ann temp -64 Red
River is on north and Sulphur Rier on south.
Growing season, 238 days
Resources Soils range from red chocolate loam
in Red River Valley to rich black loam min south,
some black waxy and gray sandy Oak, ash, post
oak, cottonwood, some pine, water oak, elm, bois
d'arc Minerals include deposits of brick clay,
gravel, shale, silica
Crops. 18,713 bales cotton, huge annual tonnage
of hay crops, peanuts, popcorn, corn, grain sor-
ghums, small grains, soybeans, alfalfa, lespedeza
seed One of best diversified counties in state,
Lamar markets blackberries, apples, peaches,
pears, pecans, tomatoes, cucumbers, ssw eet and
Irish potatoes and other fruit and truck.
Lnvestock Beef and dairy cattle, hogs, poultry.
horses, mules, sheep raised Dairying extensite-
milk sold 1,007,080 gals Chickens and turkeys,
eggs, broilers marketed Some honey sold .Milk
processing plants aid dairying
Lakes Gibbons and Crook recreational spots
Replica of Mirabeau B. Lamar home erected as
part of 1936 Centennial celebration Wild fowl fed
at game sanctuary from September through Feb-
ruary.Area sq mi... 906 Income..... $30,400,000
Population ... 50,425 Cropland (a). 182,385
Pop sq mi... 55 7 Bank dep .. $19,089,000
Tax value .. $22,441,715 Retail sales $16,447 000
Total value . 829,922.287 Auto reg .. 10.035
Paris (24.000), county seat, commercial, indus-
trial, shipping center Industries include crates
and wooden containers, furniture, %negar, leather
goods, food products, cotton oil and cake, flour
and feed mills, dairy products plants, concrete
building blocks, infant wear, potato chips, wood-
working plants, bottling companies, hatcheries,
granite and marble yards, wholesale houses Ex-
cellent schools and hospitals, Paris Junior College.
district fair in fall Following a fire which swept
city in 1916, it adopted community plan of recon-
struction largely responsible for attractieness
today Has municipal abattoir with storage ca-
pacity ot 300 animals Other retail centers are
Deport (822), Blossom (858), Roxton (900)
*LAMB COUNTY
On the High Plains of Northwest Texas in the
subregion known as the South Plains, lesel sur-
face except draws of the upper reaches of the
Brazos system. A grassy plain in its native state,
but now largely in cultivation Created from Bexar
Territory 1876, organized 1908 Named for Lt
George A. Lamb, killed at Battle of San Jacinto
Alt 3,500 ft , ann rainfall 17 75 in , mean ann
temp 59 5o Growing season, 180 days
Resources Dark clay loam soil predominates,
some lighter loams and sand Some catclaw, mes-
quite, wild plum Citizens haze set out Chinese
elms for shade Oil production 122,839 bbls , small
production of natural gas, undeveloped deposits of
potash
Crops Leading grain sorghum county in Texas
-5.614.123 bu Also 26,892 bales cotton, corn,
small grains, wheat, peanuts, tomatoes, potatoes.
alfalfa hay marketed Berries, fruits, vegetables
tor local use Irrigated acreage 200,000 Soil con-
ser ation extensis e
Livestock Beef cattle, whole milk, cream, hogs,
poultry, some sheep marketed Milk production
3.186,402 gals , eggs produced 2,027,277 doz Some
horses, mules, turkeys raised
Area sq mi .. 1,022 Income .. $13,391.000
Population .. 21 000 Cropland (a). 402,251
Pop sq mi .. 20 3 Bank dep .. $8,745.000
Tax lalue $9,261 300 Retail sales . $8,253,000
Total value $46,306 500 Auto reg ... 5.336
Littlefleld (5,000). now county seat, removed
from Olton as result of election in 1946 Three
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