Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas (1885) (14594394770)

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Title: Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas ..
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Benton, F(rank) Weber, 1855- (from old catalog) Beach, Edgar R., (from old catalog) jt. author
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Publisher: St. Louis, Benton, Beach & Daniels
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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pon fair mother earth, fresh from sleep. 1 he summer or heatedterm is, in duration, similar to that of western Missouri andsouthern Kansas, with but little difference in the mean tempera-ture. In Missouri and Kansas the mean temperature is 88 de-grees and in Texas 80 degrees during that season. In Missouriand Kansas the heated term begins the middle of June and con-tinues until September 1st. and in northern Texas it begins aboutthe middle of May and continues until the latter part of Septem-ber. Much has been said and written of the beauty ot autumn inNew England, but it is as the fog of London compared with thegolden sunlight glory of Texas during that season. Nothing canbe more beautiful than the yellow, purple and steel-grey tints oleaves evervwhere in the woodlands, nor anything more delightfulthan the soft, balmy atmosphere and the mellow haze which hangsan azure veil between earth and sky. Soft breezes float up fromthe south, bringing the fresh, pure atmosphere of the Gulf, and
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ODD FELLOWS , AND MAXEY AND LIGHTFOOT BLOCK, CORNER OFPUBLIC SQUARE, PARIS, PARIS, AND LAMAR7C0UNTY. 45 the enchanting haze and sunlight of day is fitly supplemented bythe silent grandeur of starlit night. TIMBER. The timber area of Lamar county embraces nearly one-half theentire surface, or about 420 square miles, the most valuablevarieties being pecan, walnut, hickory, cottonwood, cedar, boisdarc, ash, maple and many varieties of oak. Bordering themain Red river, which is the northern boundary of the state andcounty, the broad, fertile bottom lands are covered with timber,frequently of immense size, consisting chiefly of sycamore, cotton-wood, black, spotted and overcup oak. hackberry, walnut andpecan, with a smaller growth of ash, maple, mulberry, cherry,bois darc, cedar and dogwood. On the first bench of uplands,adjoining the bottom, is a fine growth of black and red oak, withother varieties of oak ; also hickory, walnut, pecan and bois darc.This belt of timber is trom two to thre