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Westminster and Nearby Life Described in Letters from Henry Republican
The writer extols Westminster Texas as a prosperous temperate town with thriving churches, a double schoolhouse, skilled teachers, and doctors including Dr James McCoy. He notes irrigation, large orchards, artesian wells, and abundant land, plus bees, wheat fields, and distant snowy mountains. The piece mentions social visits, temperance lectures, and local sights near Anaheim and Los Angeles style references.
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Henry Republican
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Oakland
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Henry
James McCoy
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Misa Matty McCoy
Miss McCoy
Los Angeles
Santa Anna
Mr McCoy
McCoy
Funjy
Dr McQoy
Josiah McCoy
John F. Marquis Fe
Pacific Coast
Lunatic Asylum
Westminster
Temperante
Mra Stephens
Anahelm
Garman
Samuel McFadden
Peoria