CHAPTER XVIII. TEXAS. SITUATION AND Boundaries OF TEXAS-ITS AREA AND EXTENT-VASTNESS OF ITS AREA-COMPARISONS WITH OTHER STATEs and CountriES-FACE OF THE COUNTRY-Mountains in the Northwest-Isolated Summits and Ridges ELSEWHERE-Elevations of Various Points-Rivers, Bays and EsTUARIES IN THEIR Order from East to West-TEXAS RIVERS NOT NAVIGABLE—GeOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS-GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY-MINERALS-FORESTS AND VEGETATION-ZOOLOGY-CLIMATE-METEOROLOGICAL TABLE GIVING THE TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, ETC., AT EIGHT POINTS IN THE STATE-MINING AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES -AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS-TABLES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND LIVE-STOCK-NOT ALL THE ARABLE LANDS OF TEXAS OF THE FIRST QUALITYTHE LIVE-STOCK OF THE STATE COMMANDS LOWER PRICES THAN THAT OF STATES AND TERRITORIES FARTHER NORTH-WHY ?-RAILROADS AND NAVIGABLE WATERS-POPULATION-TABLE OF POPULATION—STATISTICS—NATÍVITIES OF THE POPULATION-FROM WHENCE THE EMIGRATION-COUNTIES AND THEIR FINANCES AND VALUATION-PRINCIPAL CITIES AND Towns-EDUCATION -PUBLIC SCHOOLS-CONTRADICTORY STATISTICS-LACK OF INTEREST IN THEM -UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS-INSTITUTIONS FOR BLIND AND DEAF MUTES-LANDS FOR IMMIGRANTS-RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS-HISTORICAL DATA-EARLY SETTLEMENTS IN TEXAS-ITS REVOLT AND INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO-THE REPUBLIC-ANNEXATION TO UNITED STATES -Progress-Secession-RECONSTRUCTIOn-Present Constitution—Con CLUSION. TEXAS is the southernmost State of "Our Western Empire," and joins on its western border the Republic of Mexico, of which it was once an integral part. It is a vast domain, extending from the parallel of 25° 51' to that of 36° 30' north latitude, and from the meridian of 93° 27' to that of 106° 43' west longitude from Greenwich. It is of very irregular shape, a part of its boundaries being of mathematico-geographical lines of latitude and longitude, and a much greater portion following the natural lines of gulf coast, bay and river. Its northern boundaries are New Mexico from the Rio Grande eastward, to the 103d meridian, the Indian Territory (the narrow strip in the northwest of that Territory) from the 103d to the 100th meridian, and the Red river from the CHAPTER XVIII. TEXAS. SITUATION ANd Boundaries of Texas-ITS AREA AND EXTENT-VASTN PUBLIC SCHOOLS--CONTRADICTORY STATISTICS-LACK ( TEXAS is the southernmost State of "Our and joins on its western border the Republic it was once an integral part. It is a vast don the parallel of 25° 51' to that of 36° 30' nort the meridian of 03° 27′ to that of 106° 43' ` Greenwich. It is of very irregular shape, a p being of mathematico-geographical lines of la and a much greater portion following the 1 must, har and river. Its northern boundar! una from the Rio Grande castward to the 103d : Terto y de narrow strip in the northwe from the topd to the tooth meridian and th |