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COUNTIES AND CITIES OF TEXAS 451
McClellan Lake and ]recreation Park has batlt-
ing beach, fishing and boating facilities for visl-
tors.
Area, sq mi. 937 Cropland (a) 150.391
Pop ...... 23,911 Bank dep .. $10,858.000
Pop. so.mi.. 25 5 Mfg., 1939.. $5,702,826
Tax val.... $28,921,986 Retail sales. $16,783,000
Tot. val.... $48,100,000 Auto reg. . 8,086
Income .. - $35,688,000 Inc tax ret 4,658
Pampa (15,000), county seat, principal shipping
point for wheat, livestock and other products; oil
center, with refineries, carbon black plants, oil
machinery; grain elevators, gins, feed mills
Pampa Army Airfield twelve miles east. Two
hospitals. Jumnior College District established by
election, construction due after war McLean
(1,489) is tradingm center in southeastern part
Lefors (809) is retail, shipping point in central
part.
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ANALSTYNE
In North Texas, level to rolling, on Red River
partly on Blackland Prairie, partly in Post Oak
Belt Named for Peter W. Grayson, Attorney
General in President Burnet's Cabinet 1836. Alt.
650-800 ft, ann. rainfall 37 In, mean ann.
temp 64 21. Created, organized 1846 from Fan-
nin County
Resources: Soils vary from alluvial in bottoms
to black waxy and clays, some sandy on northern
fringe Ash, hickory, walnut, post oak, pecan,
elm, bois d'arc. Small oil production, cement
materials', brick clay, silica
Crops: Cotton (33,627 bales), corn, grain sor-
ghums, oats, peanuts, hay. Truck, fruit mar-
keted; extensive canning. Peanuts, yams new
crops. Value crops $6,000,000 to $8,000,000 a
year. Soil conservation followed.
Livestock: Dairying, beef cattle, poultry in-
cluding turkeys, some sheep Dairying extensive,
with milk sales heavy and creameries and cheese
plants as markets
Lake Texoma, created by recent building Deni-
son Dam, to be one of Southwest's great recrea-
tional spots. Development plans by National
Park Service. The $54,000,000 dam on Red River
created lake with shore line 1.250 miles: built for
power, flood control, irrigation. Historic Fort
Preston and Glen Eden, home of Col Holland
Coffee, near town of Old Preston. Townsite in-
undated by lake, but old fort and home moved to
site overlooking lake.
Area, sq mi. 984 Cropland (a) 286,092
Pop . 69.499 Bank dep .. $32,576,000
Pop. sq mi.. 706 Mfg . 1939 . $22,851,573
Tax val ... $40,848,010 Retail sales. $26,924,000
Tot tal ... $68,000,000 Auto reg . 15,785
Income .... $50,634,000 Inc tax ret 7,583
Sherman (20.000). county seat. distribution, in-
dustrial, educational center, has milk products
plant, flour mills, feed mills, cotton gins, garment
factory, cottonseed oil mills and refinery, textilemill, nurseries, hatcheries, iron works packingm
and cereal plants, machine and railroad shops,
good-processing, shortening plants wholesale
houses. Austin College, St Joseph's Academy.
Red River Valley Fair min October Old Settlers'
Picnic in August Near by is Perrin Field
Denlson (17,500), railroad center, Southwest
headquarters for national cheese concern, district
headquarters U. S Corps Army Engineers, has
railroad shops, cotton mill, woodworking plant,
big dehydrated and frozen egg industry. pecan
and peanut-shelling plant, power saws and
winches, creosoted timber, meat packing Excel-
lent schools, hospitals City with many war con-
tracts due to benefit from Denison Dam project.
Van Alstyne (1,650) has cotton gins, oil mil.
Whitesboro (1.560). market in rich farm area.
Howe (546) known for campaign for small-town
civic attractiveness Bells (454), Collinsville
<653), Dorchester (350). Southmayd (250). Tioga
(638), Tom Bean (274), Whltewrlght (1,537) has
grainm elev ators
*GREGG COUNTY .,,,-f KI LGORE " I(WN ' e
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In Northeast Texas pine forest belt, undulating
surface with some hilly sections Sabine River
runs through county northwest to southeast Cre-
ated from Rusk and Upshur Counties 1873, organ-
ized same year Named for Gen John Gregg,
Confederate soldier killed 1864. Alt. 350 ft., ann.
rainfall 42 48 in , mean ann temp 65 8
Resources In largest proved oil field of world.
Discovery of East Texas field in 1930 revolution-
ized economy of region. Gregg's population lumped
267 8 per cent in ten years. Production of oil
(1944) 71,699,337 bbls. In addition to 11 and
gas, county produces iron ore for two steel plants
and has deposits of lignite and clays Sandy clay
soils predominate. Shortleaf pine, gum, hickory,
oak, some cut commercially
Crops: Corn, cotton (1,350 bales, sweet pota-
toes, peanuts, hay, grain; Irish potatoes. water-
melons, peas, cucumbers, sugar cane, tomatoes,
plums, peaches, figs, strawberries grown tor mar-
ket. Housewives canned 150,000 quarts fruit,
vegetables, meat in 1944
Livestock: Beef cattle, hogs, sheep for market;
25 per cent increase in beef cattle for market in
Longview area last four years. Forty-five dairy
herds; poultry industry
Gregg known for fine system of paved highways
and lateral roads with 2 2 miles of hard-surfaced
road per square mile. Excellent fishing and
hunting facilities.
Area, sq.mi. 284 Cropland (a) 29,255
Pop........ 58,027 Bank dep .. $27,690,000
Pop. sq.mi.. 204 3 31lfg . 1939 . .510,381 060
Tax val.... $103,738,130 Retail sales. 331,972,000
Tot val .. ,$311.214.000 Auto reg . 15,267
Income ... $58,900,000 Inc tax ret 9,594
Longvlew (17.000), county seat, center of rich
farming and petroleum area Industries include
oil refineries, machine shops, wholesale and iob-
bing houses, oil 1Nell machinery creameries, food
processing plant, concrete products plant, box and
crate factory farm implement lact.,r bottling
works, cabinet shops, steel plant reducing Iron
ore with natural gas, cottonseed oil mill, com-
press Southern terminus of "Big Inch" oil line
'tFor explanation of all signs. symbols. abbre-
viations and sources, map and text, see p. 416.
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