A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Page: 29 of 859
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CHAPTER II.
GENERAL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE-NORTH TEXAS-EAST TEXAS-MIDDLE TEXAS-WEST
TEXAS-NOR''HWEST TEXAS-SOUTHWEST TEXAS-THE MINERAL
REGION-THE PAN HANDLE.
-F OR convenience in describing our great State, we
divide it into districts. I. North Texas. II. East
Texas. III. Middle Texas. IV. West Texas. V. Northwest
Texas. VI. Southwest Texas. VII. The Mineral
Region. VIII. The Pan Handle or Staked Plains.
I. NORTHERN TEXAS.-This includes a double or triple
tier of counties on the south side of Red river, as far
west as the counties of Wise, Montague, Erath, etc.,
some thirty counties or more.
An area of about twelve counties of the eastern part
of this division would more properly have been included
in the division of East Texas, as it much more nearly
corresponds in all its characteristics with the entire body
of timbered country lying east of the Trinity than with
any part of the prairie to which this division attaches it.
The two subdivisions can not be described together, as
they are as different from each other as day from night in
every characteristic.
This eastern body of country, generally denominated
Northeastern Texas, is one of the most interesting and
important subdivisions of the State, whether considered
with reference to its population, its capacities for agricultural
production, or its location with regard to the necessi
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/29/?rotate=270: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .