History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36; Together With the Latest Geographical, Topographical, and Statistical Accounts of the Country, From the Most Authentic Sources. Also, an Appendix. Page: 164 of 227
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GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY,
rises beautifully to the height of thirty feet above the
front plane. Nature has lavishly supplied it with four
springs of excellent water; one of which is so considerable
as to have suggested to the proprietors of the
town the idea of placing a small mill upon it. Five or
six miles West, in the direction of Buckner's Creek,
rises a beautiful mineral spring, which, in its sulphurous
smell and white deposite, much resembles the celebrated
White Sulphur Springs of Virginia.
On account of the very desirable location of Colorado
City in other respects-elevated and airy, upon a
plane of gentle declivity, and a sandy soil, forbidding
the apprehension of muddy streets, with an abundance
of excellent building material in its neighborhood,
pine timber above and rock beneath on the river-it
will very probably rival, if not surpass, Bastrop, particularly
should it become the permanent Seat of Government
of the Republic.
Columbus, a county seat, is pleasantly situated on
the West bank of the Colorado river, about sixty miles
from its mouth. Its site is upon a high bluff, forming
a part of a beautiful prairie, surrounded by dense forests
of live oak and cotton wood. It is yet quite a small
village, containing about twenty houses.
The adjacent country, to the South, is level; to the
North, gently undulating. A broad, open prairie extends
from the fringing woods of the Colorado to the
bottoms of the San Banard, East; and a similar prairie
from the Colorado, westerly, to the woody fringe of
the Navidad. These prairies, like most of the low
country of Texas, are intersected by deep ravines,
worn by small streams, through the deep bed of reddish
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Newell, Chester. History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36; Together With the Latest Geographical, Topographical, and Statistical Accounts of the Country, From the Most Authentic Sources. Also, an Appendix., book, 1838; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6109/m1/164/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.