Texas Almanac, 1941-1942 Page: 514

                                
514                          TEXAS ALMANAC.-1941-42.

quite, small oak and brush Walnut. cypress
and cedar cut commercially Minerals include
asphalt, kaolin, basalt, some deposits quick-
silver
Principal field crops corn. cotton, oats,
grain sorghums, hay. New money crops are
spinach, onions. Cotton acreage has been
greatly reduced. Elm Creek Water Facilities
Project includes 75 000 acres in southeast cor-
ner Uvalde Count)   Between 4.000 and 5,000
acres were under irrigation 1940 from waters
of spring-fed riers
Uvalde is important sheep, goat country;
wool, mohair bring large income, beef cattle.
hogs, horses produced for market   Dairying
developing rapidly, cream shipped by truck
Poultry raising flourishing, annual poultry
show held at Sabinal   From 20 to 40 cars
pecans shipped annually    One of greatest
honey-producing centers in world. Uvalde
County ships between 1.000.000-2.000,000 lbs.
yearly Famous for the flat or of its honey
made from the nectar of the hua3illo blossom
Garner State Park is located in the north-
ern part of the county in an area of great
scenic beauty   The spring-fed streams and
excellent natural coxer of this area make it a
favorite of hunter and fisherman Deer, wild
turkey. javelinas. quail are plentiful Histori-
cally Interesting is site of old Fort Inge,
partly restored as National Youth Administra-
tion project
Hunting, fishing attract sportsmen to county
in season.
Area (sq mi.)    1,589 Crop land (a)  29,090
Pop      ...    13,246 Val farms $13 827.431
Pop sq mi..        8 3 Mfr ,al...   .120 3.31
Tot val..... $11,986,942 Retail S... $3,606,000
Tax xal ..... $8,031,251 Auto reg .    3,790
Income ..... $6,818,000 Inc tax iet     337
Uvalde (6.679) county seat is principal re-
tail, shipping center, has lage tourist trade,
commerce based upon wool, mohair, cattle,
pecans, honey   Has federal fish hatchery,
regular livestock auctions, municipal abattoir
Sabinal (1768) is trade center in east part
and gateway to Sabinal and Frio Canyons,
Cline in western part has a rock asphalt in-
dustry  Utopia is a small trade center in
northeast part beautifully situated in Sabinal
Canyon Concan is at mouth of Frio Canyon
*VAL VERDE COUNTY.

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On the Edwards       rEsE
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dering Mexico   Rolling
plain, broken sharply by         DEL     9
draws, canyons    Traversed      Rio
by Devils. Pecos Rivers, Rio
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boundary.    Created   from   AWNA    N
Pecos.   Kinney.    Crockett
Counties 1885. organized same
year Named to commemorate Battle of Val
Verde fought by Sibley Expedition. Alt., 800-

1,800 ft. Annual rainfall. 19.90 in. Mean an-
nual temp., 69 2, July temp., 84.5; Jan.,
51 6.
Principally thin limestone soils on the up-
lands, alluvial along Rio Grande in places.
Partly prairie, partly wooded with cedar,
mesquite, live oak and pecans, the latter pro-
ducing a commercial crop. Minerals include
brick and tile clay, building stone, deposits
barite, manganese
Other than small dry-land acreage In grain
sorghums, the county's crop production is
limited to alfalfa, oats, winter vegetables,
wine grapes, figs, peaches, pears, plums,
apricots, grown under irrigation along Rio
Grande. About 3.500 acres under irrigation.
Val Verde is one of biggest sheep and An-
gora goat counties in country; wool, mohair
bring principal income Beef cattle, horses,
mules, some hogs ate raised for market An-
nual wool production, 7,000,000 lbs., 400,000
lambs, 3,000,000 lbs. mohair.
Practically every ranchman in county par-
ticipates in conservation program, terracing.
spreader dams, earthen tanks, prickly pear
and cedar eradication practiced.
San Felipe Springs. Moore Park at Del Rio
offer recreational advantages  Lake Walk,
Devils Lake on Devils Rixer are fishing
spots, were created by erection hydroelectrc
dams.
Area (sq mi.)    3.083 Crop land (a)  2,001
Pop .........   15,453 Val. farms $18,246,933
Pop sq mi...       5 0 Mfr val          t
Tot xal .... 822,652.968 Retail S . $3,986,000
Tax val ..... $11,326,484 Auto reg    3,494
Income ..... $8,714,000 Inc. tax ret    590
Del Rio (13,343). county seat, is big ship-
ping point for wool, mohair; is port of entry
into Mexico, headquarters Border Patrol in
section, Customs Offices, Mounted Customs
Patrol, immigration headquarters. Industries
include leather goods factories, saddle blan-
ket and woolen rug factory Connected with
Villa Acuna, Mexico, by bridge across Rio
Grande   Has excellent schools, three hospi-
tals  Val Verde County Fair Grounds, com-
pleted September, 1941, Goat Raisers Associa-
tion meets December
Langtry (50) is small community famous in
history as headquarters Judge Roy Bean,
Law West of Pecos "
-        *VAN ZANDT COUNTY.
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Largely in Post Oak Belt in Northeast
TeIas Level to rolling terrain, western se-
tion rolling praull, red rock hills in south-
east. Drained by Sabine River and tribu-
tarleS. Created from Henderson County 1848,
Organized same ear. Named for Isaac VanAN
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Largely in Post Oak Belt in Northeast
Texas Level to rolling terrain, western sec-
tion rolling praiiie, red rock hills in south-
east. Drained by Sabine River and tribu-
taries. Created from Henderson County 1848.
organized same year. Named for Isaac Van
Zandt, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to
United States by President Houston    Alt,
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