PART III. 

 DESCRIPTION OF COUNTIES. 



CHAPTER I. 

 CASS COUNTY. 



BY WM. KENNEDY. 



PRELIMINARY NOTES ON CASS COUNTY IRON ORE 



REGION. 



The iron ore region of Cass County extends in a general though somewhat 

 irregular course from the southwest end of the county to the northeast. In 

 the southwest it covers a roughly shaped parallelogram extending along the 

 lower half of the Morris County line southward to the Marion County line, 

 thence eastward along the northern boundary of Marion County for several 

 miles to near the crossing of the Texas and Pacific Railway. From the 

 northeast corner of this parallelogram a long, narrow, irregularly shaped 

 tongue or ridge extends northeasterly to near the town of Atlanta, when it 

 widens out into a rude sort of a triangle, having its northern side somewhat 

 parallel to the course of the Sulphur Fork of the Red River. 



The outlines of this ore bearing region are very irregular. Roughly speak- 

 ing, they may be described as follows: 



Beginning at the Marion County line, on the east side of the Ambrosi 

 Douthet head right, the course of the boundary is north to the northeast cor 

 ner of the same headright. From this point it runs northwesterly along the 

 west side of Jim's Bayou to the southeast corner of the Curliss Jarnigan 

 headright. The line then turns southerly to the north side of the Echols 

 headright. From the Echols land it turns northwest through the southern 

 portion of the A. D. Duncan headright to the northeast corner of the Andrew 

 Hampton survey. The line then turns along the east side of the Benjamin 

 Hawkins and Luanna Ward headrights and easterly across the north side of 

 the John Davis headright to the northeast corner. From there southerly to 

 Jim's Bayou; southeasterly along the Bayou to the Rachel Kimborough head- 

 right. From the northwest corner of this headright the line trends easterly 

 through the Kimborough, Buffalo Bayou, and C. R. Railway Company's head- 

 rights to the Sherman Grosvenor's survey. It then turns northeasterly to 

 the Texas and Pacific Railway near the centre of the William Donahoo sur- 

 vey; thence east to the west side of the Philip Duty headright; northeast 



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