History of Texas - From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846 #271345

Circumstances alone have postponed to these latter days the development of the vast resources of Texas. Galveston, her principal harbor — situated about four hundred miles from New Orleans, seven hundred from Vera Cruz, and eight hun dred from Cuba — affords her a commercial outlet sufficient for her growing purposes. When her interior shall be sup plied with railroad facilities — and in no country can they be more cheaply built she will have nothing further to desire.