Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873. Page: 8
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COH1EN, St MPSON & CO., dealers in Dry Goods, Furni-hing
s HISTORY OF AUSTIN.
trilbtaiies afford, perhaps, the greatest and most convenient water power
to 1e found in the Repuhlic. Walnut creek, distant six niil'h, land Brush)
creek, distant sixteen miles, both on the east side of the river, afford very
considerable water power. Extensive deposits of iron ore, adjudlged to be
of vtry superior quality, is found within eight niiles of the location.
"This section of country is generally well watered, fertile in a high
d degreee, and has every appearance of health and saluilrity of climate. The
site occupies and will effectually close the pass by which Indians and outn
lawed Mexicans have for ages past traveled east and west, to and from the
Rio Grande to Eastern Texas, and will now force them to pass by the way
of Pecan Bayou and San Saba, above the mountains and the sources of the
Guadalupe river.
" The commissioners confidently anticipate the time when a great
thoroughfare shall be established from Santa Fe to oullr seaports, and
another from Red River to Matamloros, which two routes must almost of
nleccssitv intersect each other at this point. They look forward to the
C time when this city shall be the emporium of not only the productions of
the rich soil of the San Saba, Pederales, Hero and Pecan Bayou, but of all
the Colorado and Brazos, ae also of the produce of the rich mining country
known to exist on those streams. They are satisfied that a truly national
city could, at no other point within the limits assigned them, bt reared
up; not that other sections of the country are not equally fertile, but that
no other combined so many and such varied advantages and beauties as
s the one in question. The imagination of even the romantic will not be
disappointed on viewing the valley of the Colorado, and the fertile and
r gracefully undulating woodlands and luxuriant prairies at a distance from
it. The most skeptical will not doubt its healthiness, and the citizen's
; bosom must swell with honest pride when standing in the portico of the
C capitol of his country hie looks abroad upon a region worthy only of being
g the home of the brave and the free. Standing on the juncture of the
routes of Santa Fe and the sea coat, of Red River and Matamoros, looking
with the same glance upon the green, romantic mountains and the
fertile and widely extended plains of his country-can a feeling of nationa
!. i ; rise in his bosom, or could the fire of patriotism lie dormant
tnder such circumstances T
"Fondly hoping that we may not have disappointed the expectations
of either our countrymen or your Excellency, we subscribe ourselves your
Excellency's most obedient servants,
A "N. C. HORTON, Chairman, ISAAC CAMPBELL,
"J. W. BURTON, LOUIS P. COOKE."
"WILLIAM MENIFEE,
Immediately upon the reception of the report of the commissioners the
President appointed Judge Edwin Waller (who is now living, and.a prominent
and respected citizen of Austin county,) the agent provided for in
COHEN, SAMPSON & CO., dealers in Dry Goods, Furnishinr
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Gray, S. A & Moore, W. D. Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873., book, 1872; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38126/m1/10/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.