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92 TEXAS ,AIaIANAC.
Weston and Mantua, two flourishing villages in the northern part of the
county, are situated about six miles apart. These places are located in the
heart of populous neighborhoods, and support good schools. Plano is a thriv-
ing village, in the south part of the county, on the main stage-line from Aus-
tin to Clarksville. Farmersville is situated near the Hunt county line, and
is the nearest trading point for one of the finest neighborhoods of farmersin the
State. A good school is sustained there. The county-seat, McKinney, suf-
fered much during the war, all the buildings on one side of the public
square having been destroyed by fire. At present there are eight dry-goods
establishments, three grocery-stores, and one drug-store. One excellent
school is well sustained in the town; also, one mile from town, there is a most
excellent academy established since the war. There are several good steam
flouring-mills in the county. I know of no county in the State that offers
superior advantages to the immigrant. It is settled by a thrifty, industrious,
and intelligent r epulation-a people who have been accustomed to rely upon
their own exertions, and who are determined to overcome the difficulties pro-
duced by the change in the system of labor heretofore relied upon. A long
residence satisfies the writer of the exceeding. healthfulness of the county.
McKinney is two hundred and forty miles north from the capital of the State.
(To the above, from Governor Throckmorton, we subjoin the following addi-
tional information from Senator Bumpass.) This county was first settled
some twenty years ago by Collin McKinney, from whom both the county and
county-seat have received their name. The schools and churches of this county
will compare favorably with those of any country in the world of the same
age. The traveler is struck with the uniform moral deportment, quiet, in-
dustrious habits, and Christian devotion of the plain farmers of Collin. gogs
are easily raised, and every farmer has his own bacon the yearrround, The
population is rapidly increasing, and soon the county will be densely settled.
Our chief market now is Jefferson, Marion county, distant 140 miles, and
reached by wagon at a cost of $2 per h udred for freight. The soil of Collin
is a black, waxy character, mingled with loam, making it easy of cultivation.
It is from two to twenty feet deep, and the more it is cultivated the better it-
produces. The oldest farms rent the best. One hand can cultivate fifty acres
of land in corn, wheat, oats, vegetables, and Hungarian grass. There are
but few Africans in Collin county, and what few are left are doing very well,
but are decreasing by going back to Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas, from
whence they were driven by the war. Most of our labor is being performed
by white men who own their little farms, and by steady young white men
who are employed by our farmers, and are far preferable to black laborers.
The following are the average prices since I have been in the State: Wheat,
81, corn, 75 cents; oats, 66 cents; barley, 50 cents; rye, 50 cents; sweet pota-
to-- $1; pork, 6 cents per pound; butter from 5 to 12~ cents per pound;
beef, 24 and 3 cents. per pound; bacon, 124 cents per pound; good aver-
age horses, $100; oxen, per yoke, $40; cows and calves, 812.50. The climate
is delightful. We have some ice when a norther springs up in mid-winter,
but little snow. Collin is bounded on the north by Grayson county, on the
east by Hunt, on the south by Kaufman and Dallas, and on the west by Den-
ton. It lies mostly above the 33d parallel of latitude, and in one of the
healthiest regions of country in Texas.
CoLonADo CouIeT.--(By J. S. Hancock, Assessor and Collector.)
CoThrTY-SEAT, COLUMBUS.-There are about ten churches, fifteen schools
and academies, and one college in this county; there are two mineral springs,
which are visited by people from various parts of the country, for the benefit
of their health. Kpsler's springs possess high medicinal qualities. Corn,
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The Glaveston News. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas., book, December 1866; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123772/m1/94/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.