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POM OALDWZLL. S«the itnd j LtfUta — TrM» — ClUlt I fion | Sr^rtlS?1 ■wMrwajffwawS*^*1^H *» j Caldhcll, Sumner Co., Nor. 5.»d- Thi# place ix looted on the Tex** cat- (* tie trail, and diracily on the north boundary „ line of the Indian Territory. It i* pleasantly • d situated on a fine stream of water which ■notrain,ilder-!cItteritindrtv14.nilHitm-IV.i«i-nvlge St. findrln'*£lieA.Aro.abound* with fish of rariou* kind*. Cald- jj well i* the first town on the trail north o'ulied 1 liver station in Texan, and on thi* account derive* the full benefit of the large and profitable trade aiili the cattle drover*. During i i»e driving poop, now about at a clone, lour hundred and seventy-five tbou*and head of Texan cattle have pasted over the trail on their way to the eastern market*. Every day during th«* entire -uturner the great drove* panned through the town, giving it such an animated and itnsy appearance a* i- seldom found in frontier town*. The auiouiit of good* disponed of in this trade alone every reason is very greaL Coming from a State ilioe money is comparatively very plenty, the drover care* very liule a* to the price he )av* lor hi* provision*, groceries and other necemarie*. ikaide* this trade die is *up|iurt*d by a fine agricultural country ou the north, and the trade from -weral tribes of Indian* in the Territory. Not many month* ago the number of settlers in rhi* county was very limited. To-day nearly every tjitarter-seclion ha* a settler ou it, and is being improved and cultivated. Such is the law governing the disposal of these—the tfeage Indian Reservation— buds, tlikt it i* impassible for parties to lay hold of large tract* for speculative pur-jh’ik**. 1 No person can obtain more than 100 a. res from the Government. Any one may by claim to any quarter section belonging to the Government, and after making certain improvements become it* powimr upon paying to the Government $1.25 per acre. This favuribie provision has had a very good eflect, and has done more to settle up this country titan anything else. On thi* acrontit we find this country more settled and improved than must of the Stale an hundred mile* nearer civilization. The noil throughout this county is a rich dark loam and is very productive. Thi* year the weather ha* .been very reasonable and the crops have been I P1very favorable. The yield of wheat and i ^. I I. Itnt t ho I *IIIttlflrtnGetoiaeisctlaiMnj1*ccV•ther small grain has been good while the yield of corn ha* been very large. Sod cornsc
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The Leavenworth Weekly Times
Leavenworth, Kansas, US
Thu, Nov 16, 1871
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