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448 TEXAS ALMANAC -1945-1946.
Frio State Park is located where Frio River
crosses U. S. Highway 81-L
Area, sq.mi. 1,116 Cropland (a) 76,207
Pop ....... 9,207 Bank dep .. $2,067,000
Pop, sq.mL. 8.3 Mfg 1939..
Tax val... $6,712,220 Retail sales. $1,896,000
Tot. val.... $9,000,000 Auto reg ... 1,768
Income . $3,905,000 Inc. tax rqt 598
Pearsall (3,164), county seat, main farm and
livestock market and trading center, has ice
plant, peanut sheller, plant to make prickly pear
burners. Good school system and two hospitals.
Dilley (1,244), in southern part, livestock and
farming center; good schools.
*GAINES COUNTY
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Gaines gner ofwest Texas Decat laration of Inde-g
by shallow lakes and wide draws. Part open
prairie and part brush Created from Bexar
County 1876, organized 1905 Named for James
Gaines, signer of Texas Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Alt. 3,200 ft, ann. rainfall 19 in.,
mean ann temp 60.
Resources Heavy to light sandy loam soil,
90 per cent tilable. Mesquite and catclaw tim-
ber. Oil production 10,706,017 bbls , natural gas,
deposits potash and salt. Abundant underground
water
Crops: Corn, grain sorghums, cotton (6 720
bales), hay, peanuts, watermelons. Vegetables,
fruits for home use. Canning general. All
farms tractor-worked
Livestock. Beef cattle, mules, dairying main
sources of income Some hogs, poultry, goats,
sheep. Livestock income averages over 51,000,000
annually.
Area, sq.mi. 1,479 Cropland (a) 64,206
Pop ....... 8,136 Bank dep .. $1,577,000
Pop. sq.mi.. 5 5 Mfg , 1939 .
Tax val.... $19,294,945 Retail sales. $3,149,000
Tot. val.... $52,000,000 Auto reg.... 2,226
Income - .. $6,731,000 Inc tax ret 1,009
Seminole (2,500), county seat, highway 3unc-
tion min central part Trading center with hos-
pital. Seagraves (3,225), northern part, is mar-
ket and railroad point. Oil development has
aided both towns.
*GALVESTON COUNTYMr 6 EX/Co Level, grass-cov-
ered coastal plain,
with timber on
streams. On Gulf Coast, part island
and part mainland Created from
Brazoria County 1838, organized
1839, named for Count Vernardo
de Galvez, Governor of Louisiana. Alt. averages
25 ft., ann. rainfall 44.77 in., mean ann. temp.
69.7,.Resources: Soils sandy, sandy loams and black
coastal clay Magnolia, live oak, water oak,
hackberry main timber types. Minerals oil pro-
duction 8,604,17 bbls, natural gas, shell.
Crops: Rice (irrigated), hay, pecans, potatoes
and winter truck, strawberries, figs, citrus furnish
diversified income. Some cotton.
Livestock: Big beef and dairy cattle herds,
with heavy sales of milk Brahmas, Brahma
crosses, high-grade Jerseys predominate. Fine
grazing facilities, ample water, mild climate aid
industry. Heavy production of poultry and eggs
for market.
Area, sq.mi. 430 Cropland (a) 11,072
Pop. ....... 94,314 Bank dep .. $90,004,000
Pop. sq.mi.. 219 3 Mfg. 1939.. $79,285,884
Tax ,al.... $87,930,047 Retail sales. $46,853,000
Tot val. .. .$159,000,000 Auto reg . 21,747
Income ...$112,750,000 Inc. tax ret. 18,198
Galveston (72,000), county seat, is commercial
and resort center, connected with mainland by two
modern causeways Over 750,000 tourists 1isit
city annually in normal times for bathing, fishing
and other recreational facilities It is a major
seaport, exporting cotton, sulphur, gramin, flour,
metals, sugar and other products during normal
years of commerce Industries include grain ele-
vators, machine shops, compresses, flour mills,
shipbuilding plants, dry docks, rice mills, brew-
eries, broom factories, food-processing plants
Commercial fishing center Seven-mile seawall
fronting gulf rotects city from floods. University
of Texas College of Medicine, two colleges of
nursing, State Psychopathic Hospital, U S Ma-
rine Hospital, St. Mary's Infirmary located here
Headquarters of Coast Guard in Texas, near by
are Fort Crockett, Fort San Jacinto and Fort
Travis.
Of historic interest, Cabeza de Vaca landed
here 1528. Jean La Fitte and his privateers once
made Galveston their base of operations
Texas City (9,500), deep-water port on main-
land Industries include petroleum refineries,
chemical, world's largest tin smelting and process-
ing plant, cotton bagging manufacture, several big
war industries. Manufactured products valued at
$175,000,000 annually. Big export of cotton, oil,
sulphur, grain. High Island (450), located atop
largest salt dome on Gulf Coast, is oil center,
attracts vacationists and hunters During spring
thousands of muskrat hides taken from marshes by
local trappers. Other towns include League City.
in truck-farming district, and Alta Loma, Hitch.
cock, Dickinson.
*GARZA COUNTY
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*tFor explanation of all signs, symbols, abbre-
viations and sources, map and text, see p. 416.
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