Artesian Route Opens Fresh Agricultural Corridor in Southwest Texas
The Artesian Route of the IHE San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railroad promotes farming growth along its line in Southwest Texas. It highlights artesian wells, new shops at Pleasanton, planned outlets at Corpus Christi and Aransas Pass, extensions toward Mathis, and new passenger and freight equipment to serve expanding traffic. The company touts rich land, cattle culture, and potential profits for farmers and investors along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
San Antonio
Texas
Pleasanton
Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
Great West Ranch
Mathis
Gulf of Mexico
Southwest Texas
Jourdanton
Fowlerton
Crystal City
Carrizo Springs
Uvalde
LaPryor
Campbellton
Whitsett
West Ranch
Frontier Indian Atrocities in Blanco and Kerr Counties
A historical account recalls 1865 1868 and later Indian attacks across Blanco Kimble Mason Gillespie and Kerr counties. Victims include Jackson Stewart Phelps Coulston Johnson Williams Coulston Taylor McDonald and Hazlewood families with scalping killings hostage captives and horrendous loss in a series of raids and reprisals by Kiowas and Comanches.
Spirit paintings sold as Thompson legacy in Denver auction
In Denver two of the spiritualist Alonzo Thompson's famed spirit paintings sold at auction, bought by his daughter Mrs. E P Lindley to prevent them from being hawked to strangers. Thompson claimed spirits painted the canvases after he prepared them and guarded them in a dark room. A Missouri farm reportedly yields over a million bushels of corn annually, with a six thousand acre field and forty two two row cultivators resembling an army.
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Phelps
Mr. Johnson
Fort Mason
Johnson
Allen Gentry
Felix Hall
Mason County
Hall
Allen
Hal
Henry
Francis Johnson
John Williams
Nick Coulston
Bear Creek
Kimble
Fort McKavett
Coulston
Williams
Kimble County
James Bradberry
Y Bradberry
Bradberry
Williamson County
James
Theodore
Mason
Matthew Taylor
Pedernales
Gillespie County
Eli McDonald
Mr. Taylor
Taylor Ranch
Gilead Taylor
James Taylor
McDonald
Hanah Taylor
Harper
Gilly Taylor
Spring Creek
East Fork
L. M. McDonald
Peter Hazlewood
BE. R. Jones
James J. Taylor
T. T. Taylor
Hudson Taylor
Taylor
Hazlewood
P. G. Temple
Denver
Colo
Alonzo Thompson
Thompson
E. P. Lindley
Nevada
Missouri
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Valverde
San Antonio, Wvaldes
Southwest
A. R. Ponder
A’. Wvisor
Gent
Freignt and
Pass
Southwestexas
A. J.lowell
Jackson
Mark Stewart
Blanco County
Stewart
Thomas Phelps
Cypress Creek
Elizabeth McDonald
Alwilda
Pedernales River
State Bank & Trust CO
State Bank & Trust Company
West Texas Bank & Trust Co
Houston St
Moore Bldg
Alans Transfer Company
Evan Shelby
Warehouse
Travelers Transfer CO
Bureau of Reliable Information
Lucchese Bros
Losoya St
Houston Street
Phone Crockett
Spirit Pictures Cheap
Gunter Hotel
Percy Tyrrell
Mgr
St. Anthony Hotel
F. W. Swearingen
Menger Hotel
Cgrockett Hotel
Traveling Men’s Headquarters
San Antonio, Texas
Bexar
Alfred Sanner
Proprieta
Carter -Mullaly Transfer CO
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