History of Montague County Page: 4
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4 HISTORY OF MONTAGUE COUNTY.
pecans, turkeys, and watermelons. She also ranks
well in the raising of grain, hogs and poultry.
Swiftly flowing streams, along whose banks the
"children of the forest" were wont to roam in the
long ago, have given place to thriving towns and
progressive cities. The noisy brook goes hurrying
by as it babbles to us of Texas, her glorious past,
her gracious present, and her magnificent future.
From East Texas, where it has been said "the
pine trees grow so tall they tickle the feet of the
angels," to West Texas, where the green pastures
provide for the cattle on a thousand hills; from
North Texas on to where the Gulf of Mexico laves
her southern shores, Texas is teeming with the splen-
did gifts which nature has bestowed upon her, and
the smoke curls peacefully from thousands of happy
homes. See the great tide of immigration that is
constantly flowing across her borders. From the
east, from the west, and from far to the north of us
they come. All the States contributing to this great
commonwealth of ours.
On the morning mentioned in the beginning Tom's
thoughts dwelt again on the monument upon which
their names stood out in bold relief. He reviewed
the path of progress made possible by these heroic
men, and he said aloud: "Ah! Bonham, Travis,
Crockett, Bowie, you builded far better than you
knew." And now, pupils, are you not glad that our
own county of Montague forms a part of this great
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Potter, Mrs. W. R. History of Montague County, book, 1913; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91044/m1/16/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .