B.B. Paddock notes on Fort Worth, 1886?

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B.B. Paddock notes on Fort Worth, 1886?

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With a sketch map, July 26, 1873, 18 x 15.5 cm., displaying Fort Worth's strategic location as a railroad center. Texas editor, banker, legislator, and railroad-builder from 1872; early social and economic conditions at Fort Worth; effect of railroads; the community effort by which the Texas Pacific was brought there; Fort Worth's water system; views on productivity of northern Texas land, recent cotton crops, and economic future of the State.

Originals : 7 leaves ; 28 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (7 exposures) : negative (Rich. 117:16) and positive.

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