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THE TEXAS ALMANAC-1931.
Corn, small grains. Truck crops for local
markets; melons on commercial scale.
Live Stock: Cattle, goats, sheep. Large
turkey crop.
San Saba (2,240), county seat, is mar-
ket and shipping point for a large terri-
tory.
*SCHLEICHER.-In Southwest Texas.
Created in 1887 from Crockett County and
organized in 1901. Named for Guston
Schleicher, head of the "Colony of Forty"
from Germany, who later served in Con-
gress from Texas. Area, 1,387 sq. mi. Pop.,
3,166. Pop. per sq. mi., 2.3. Wealth,
$16,266,000.
High rolling plain at the crest of the
Edwards Plateau at elevation of 2,500 feet.
Resources: Loam soils largely. Excel-
lent grass and brush range. Mesquite, shin
oak, post oak, live oak.
Crops: 2,000 to 4,0Q0 bales of cotton.
Forage crops and small grains.
Live Stock: One of leading sheep and
goat counties of the State, with large pro-
duction of wool and mohair. Large cat-
tle industry.
Eldorado (1,404), county seat, became a
railroad shipping point in 1930 when Santa
Fe finished line from San Angelo. Mar-
ket for wide territory in Southwest Texas.
*SCURRY.-In West Texas. Created in
1876 from Bexar County and organized in
1884. Named for Gen. William R. Scurry
of the Confederate Army, killed at Jenkins'
Ferry. Area, 887 sq. mi. Pop., 12,188.
Pop. per sq. mi., 13.7. Wealth, $21,681,000.
High rolling plain short distance below
the cap rock.
Resources: Loam and sandy loam soils.
Small growth of mesquite only timber.
Few producing oil wells.
Crops: 16,000 to 40,000 bales of cotton.
Grain sorghums, and small grains.
Live Stock: Large annual shipments of
cattle, sheep and poultry.
Snyder (3,008), county seat, is the prin-
cipal market and shipping point. Cotton
oil mill and other industries. Fluvanna is
commercial center in northwest part of
county.
*SHACKELFORD.-In North Texas.
Created in 1858 from Bosque County and
organized in 1874. Named for Dr. John
Shackelford, one of the few spared by the
Mexicans at the Massacre of Goliad.
Area, 947 sq. mi. Pop., 6,695. Pop. per
sq. mi., 7.1. Wealth, $32,364,000.
On rolling plain of North Central Texas
at elevation of about 1,500 feet.
Resources: Soils are loam, sandy loam
and sandy. Post oak and mesquite the
principal timbers. Pecans along streams.
Petroleum.
Crops: Small cotton crop. Large pro-
duction of forage and feed crops. Some
melons and truck.
Live Stock: This is one of the best
known fine Hereford cattle counties of
Texas. Also dairying and poultry raising.
Hog raising.
Albany (2,422), county seat, is principal
commercial center serving live stock
raising and petroleum producing territory.
Cattle shipping point. Moran (907) is a
commercial center in the southeastern part
of the county, adjacent to the petroleum
producing territory.
*SHELBY.IIn extreme East Texas.
Created and organized in 1837 from
original county. Named for Gov. Isaac
Shelby of Kentucky. Area, 833 sq. mi.Pop., 28,627. Pop. per sq. mi., 34.4. Wealth,
$25,908,000.
Typical East Texas rolling wooded
plain at elevation of about 250 feet.
Resources: Alluvials in bottoms. Sandy
loams and sands with clay subsoil on up-
lands. Considerable area of short-leaf
pine with post oak, live oak and other
hardwoods in bottoms. Lumber mills of
county have capacity of 250,000 board-feet
daily. Lignite and gas.
Crops: About 20,000 to 33,000 bales cot-
ton annually. Small grains. Cane. Vege-
tables.
Live Stock: Cattle and hogs are princi-
pal live stock. Sheep.
Center (2,510), county seat, is the prin-
cipal shipping town and trade center.
Timpson (1,545) is a railroad center and
shipping point in northeastern part of the
county. Tenaha (519) is another trade
center.
*SHERMAN.-In Northern Panhandle
Texas. Created in 1876 from Bexar County
and organized in 1899. Named for Gen.
Sidney Sherman. Area, 935 sq. mi. Pop.,
2,314. Pop. per sq. mi., 2.5. Wealth, $12,-
309,000.
On high plains north of the Canadian
at elevation of 3,500 to 4,000 feet.
Resources: Excellent soils for the pro-
duction of wheat and forage crops.
Crops: Production of wheat has in-
creased rapidly in recent years. Forage
crops grown.
Live Stock: Large cattle raising indus-
try. Poultry. Dairying.
Stratford (873), county seat, is cattle
and wheat shipping point. Texhoma (300
in Texas; 1,119 in Texas and Oklahoma)
is another commercial center located on
the Texas-Oklahoma line. This county
will be developed appreciably as a result
of railroad building during 1931.
iSMITH.-In East Texas. Created and
organized in 1846 from Nacogdoches
County. Named for Gen. James Smith,
Texas pioneer. Area, 920 sq. mi. Pop.,
53,123. Pop. per sq. mi., 57.7. Wealth,
$52,431,000.
Rolling terrain largely wooded, at ele-
vation of 350 to 600 feet.
Resources: Variety of soils from heavy
alluvial to light sandy. Short-leaf pine
on sandy upland soils, hardwoods on al-
luvials along streams. Iron ore found in
abundance, lignite, limestone, salt, clay
and glass sand. Clays developed; has
been some salt production.
Crops: 25,000 to 53,000 bales of cotton
annually. One of leading counties in di-
versity of crops. Corn, peanuts, black-
berries, watermelons, cantaloupes, peaches,
peppers, sugar cane, sweet potatoes. One
of leading tomato producing counties of
the United States. Roses shipped through-
out Nation. Several thousand acres planted
to successful pecan orchards.
Live Stock: A leading dairying county;
large poultry industry; 15,000 dairy cows
in county. Cattle, hogs, limited number of
sheep and goats.
Tyler (17,113), county seat, has railroad
shops, two garment factories, two fer-
tilizer factories, $200,000 milk products
factory, brick kilns, crate and basket
plant, lumber and woodworking plant,
candy factory and other industries. Num-
ber of wholesale houses. Distributing
center for wide territory in East Texas
*See note at top of page 317.
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