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COUNTIES AND CITIES OF TEXAS 465
Minerals include Jasper County.
small amount .'
oil, gas, brick S PENT _-'
clay, sand, lime- "* " '
stone r ^
Principal crops L
cotton (1,752 bales in
1940), corn, sweet pota- JASPER 63
toes, peanuts, sugar
cane, grain sorghums, ,e
hay In last few years ** ErIH
cotton has been reduced, vi. ) -,
corn and feedstuffs ex- .kI LE
panded Vegetables are ,
grown, both for home . SON
use and commer-
cially New crops o
are starch potato, , . . .'
tung nuts, rice. CALL,(,,,
Home canning is
developed
Dairying and poultry rais-
ing becoming important
sources of income for farm- . .
ers. Beef cattle (principally 9
grade Herefords and Brah-
mas) and hogs grown for
market E AALE
State Forest No 1, 1,700
acres reforested with pine. is
located near Kirbyville. Larg- .
est fish hatchery in state
near county seat There are some stands of
only virgin timber left in country Blue Hole
and Boykin Spring Parks attract lisitois,
fishing is good, residents claim Jasper Coun-
ty best fox-hunting county in South.
Area (sq mi ) 978 Crop land (a) 28.321
Pop . 17,491 Val farms 52,153 U40
Pop sq mi .. 17 8 .Ifr xal .. $1,832.057
Tot xal .... $11,116,508 Retail S . $3,053 000
Tax xal ..... S722.5,730 Auto reg 3 ?q
Income ..... $4,739,000 Inc tax ret 166
Jasper (3.497). county seat, celebrated its
107th anniversary in 1940, is lumber center.
with sawmills, basket factory, crate factory,
ax-handle mill, shingle mill, stave mill.
Kirbyville (1.088) is cotton market, lumber
center in eastern part of county Other
towns are Buna, Bessmay, Evadale, Blox.
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MILES * DAWS MOUNTAIN STATE ARK m 75
On high Trans-Pecos plateau from which
Daxis Mountains rise in center of county It
has the highest average elevation of any
county in Texas Created from Presidio
County 1887; organized same year Named
for Jefferson Davis. President of the Confed-
eracy. Alt., 4,500-8,382 ft. Annual rainfall,
15 in. Mean annual temp. , 64'; July temp. ,
814 , Jan, 44 9.
Soils are clay, loam, intermountain wash
with some dark soil in valleys. Some timber,
principally pine, cedar, oak in mountains.
There are deposits of metallic minerals and
building stone, none produced commercially.
Little land is available for crop production,
feed crops, apples, vegetables and fruit for
home use are grown under irrigation. Pasturebuilding, spreader dams and other soil con-
seration practices are followed by ranch-
men Large-scale ranching is principal lixe-
stock industry, beef cattle, sheep goats are
raised commercially, wool and mohair bring
considerable income to ianchmen
The scenic beauty of Daxis County draws
many tourists Second highest mountain in
Texas is Mount Lix ermoie (8382 feet), Blue
Mountain, Sawtooth Mountain and others are
of little less elevation McDonald Obsera-
tory of the Unix esity of Te\as surmounts
Mount Locke Extensixe rock and adobe
ruins of old Fort Da\ is lie lust outside tow n
of Fort Davis The state maintains a park
and lodge in the Davis Mountains, Limpla
Madera, Cherry and Musqulz Canyons are
notable Many springs and perennially flow-
ing streams.
Area (sq mi ) 2 263 Crop land a() 78,
Pop .. 2 375 Vat farms $7,865.,107
Pop sq mi.. I 1) IFr Nal
Tot al ..... 5,55 483 Retail S . $257 000
Tax xal ..... $3 573 02) Auto red 55
Income...... 5754,000 Inc tax ret. 55
Fort Davis (1000), county seat is tourist
center and principal trading point Part of
the city is one mile abox e sea lex el Other
places are Madera Springs, resort, and Valen-
tine (499)
*JEFFERSON COUNTY.
On Coastal Plain in extreme Southeast
Texas, on Gulf and bordering Louisiana Flat
plain, northern half drained artificially
Neches River and Sabine Lake form eastern
boundary Created fi om one of oi lginal coun-
ties in 1836, organized 1837 Named for
Thomas Jefferson Alt , sea lexel to 100 ft
Annual rainfall. 51 81 in Mean annual temp,
689, July temp. , 83 4, Jan. 52 3'.
Wide xarlety of soils include heavy cla3
black clay, loam, black sandy loam, pine
sand Timber, mostly second growth, includes
pine, oak. cypress, magnolia, some lumber
still cut commercially Timbei lies in north-
ern part, southern part is a lowv prairie cox-
ered with coastal grasses Oil most important
mineral, home of famous Spindletop field
which began in 1901 and still producing.
County's production 4,032,046 bbls in 1940
There are deposits of clay
Principal crops are rice (2 250 -
04 000 bushels annually). 50 000
MADERA SPRINGS acres in cultix ation. cotton corn.
- oR . sorghums sugar cane Irish and
S1 sweet potatoes, hay some grain
y1 , Enormous quantities of fruit and
- truck crops ate groxn. both for
S domestic use and commer-
S, :' . s, clally, citrus fruits, along
3" 0 .. with figs find ready mar-
o ket. New crops introduced
. are flax. castor beans, tung
'- trees, closer Farm mech-
PORT DAVIS . anization is proceeding rap-
7- - w/ idly. especially in rice fields
s ' Drainage projects costing $2.-
, Uaso,, 000.000 haxe improved natural
I r .o drainage into Neches River,
Pine Island and Taylor Bay-
ous Soil conservation, flood
control methods are in general use.
Dairying most important lii estock industry,
bringing $750 000 annually to county. Beef
cattle (90.000 head), principally Brahma
grades; hogs, sheep and goats are produced
commercially. Poultry industry is thriving,
eggs and broilers are shipped Some honey
is produced. Muskrats and other animals are
trapped for furs in marshlands Annual in-
come from sale of furs about $200,000. Gulf
Coast offers excellent fishing areas and wide
expanse of beaches Marshlands provide duck
and geese hunting
Historically important are Dick Dowling
*tFur explanation of all signs, symbols, abbre-
iations and sources, map and text, see p 407.
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