On the west side of a high roll of the beautiful prairie bounding Beaver Creek
on the east, stands Ryan.
Her streets are
laid off northeast and northwest of southeast – the most desirable of ways, so
that no matter how a house faces the summer sun or winter wind is but temporary
bother.
On the south and
east and north is a well settled country, all in cultivation, and this is one of
the spots on earth where cotton, Indian corn, broom corn, wheat, rye, oats and
other small grains, sorghum, millet, alfalfa, as well as apples peaches, pears,
plums, grapes and other fruit all grow to perfection on the land. It is especially the home of the
peach and the pear.
The soil is of
wonderful fertility and the climate is a happy medium between the extreme cold
of the north and the excessive heat of the tropics.
Ryan is located
on the Rock Island Railroad 34 miles north of Bowie, Texas, 90 miles south of
Chickasha, I.T. It is located in
and surrounded by as fertile land as ever was made. Big Beaver Creek, Red Creek, and the
two Mud Creeks with their thousands of acres each of the most productive valley
and the fertile highlands, make this the farmer’s paradise.
IT IS THE QUEEN CITY OF THE CHICKSAW NATION!
And is growing faster than any Town in this Nation.
The east
boundary of the Comanche Reservation is only three miles west of here and when
it is opened for settlement Ryan will be the gateway through which the people
will pass to that country.
Citizens of the
United States are secure in their rights here by treaty law and pay $5 annual
tax. There are U.S. District Courts
for the adjustment of legal matters; the one for this district is at Ardmore,
and a Commissioner’s Court is located here.
WATER IS FOUND AT FROM 12 TO 60 FEET
The Guthrie Daily Leader says “They certainly have a Lovely Country.”
The Dallas
Morning News says: “Thirty-three
miles north of Bowie, Texas, is located one of the most rapidly developing towns
in the entire Indian Territory. Its
name is RYAN and is located upon a beautiful eminence on the east side of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
The tract of land upon which RYAN is located extends six miles east and
west by nine miles north and south, and is controlled by Mr. S. W. RYAN, for
whom the town was named. This
tract, and indeed all the surrounding country is rich productive prairie land,
finely adapted to corn and small grain, cotton, fruits and garden vegetables. The lovely Beaver Creek Valley lies
hard by, just west of Ryan and it is not over three miles to the fertile
Comanche Reservation. Pickens
County, in which RYAN is located, is one of the finest sections of the Indian
Territory and is being rapidly settled up by a good class of agricultural
people. As soon as the Comanche
country is opened it will be rapidly filled with farmers also. Thus, it will be readily seen that
RYAN has unusually fine prospects for trade.
It has the additional advantages of excellent health and good water.”
The Gainesville
Daily Hesperian says: “A Hesperian
representative went out on the Rock Island road a few days ago to spy out the
land and see what manner of country it was.
He had been through the brag portions of the Indian Territory, had stood
in wonder before the rich beauties of Paul’s Valley, and admired many other
fertile sections of the red man’s domain.
But after crossing Red River and going north on the Rock Island there
opens up a view that nothing in the west can surpass. From the River to Beaver Creek is a
country that equals, if not surpasses, the famous Paul’s Valley in fertility,
and for beauty cannot be surpassed anywhere.
Near Beaver Creek, on a hill surrounded by beautiful rich lands and in
the midst of this lovely landscape is the new town of RYAN. The town is only a few months old
and of course has not grown to enormous proportions yet. But if all signs do not fail it has
a future before it that many other places might envy. It is the natural trade center of
this rich and beautiful section, and as the land fills up the town is bound to
grow and become solid. As far as
the eye can reach the land is rich and farm houses greet the eye. The streets of the little town are
thronged with farm wagons and the stores are crowded with customers.”
The Gateway to the
Comanche Land
. The country around RYAN is
already developed enough to support a town several times as large as RYAN now
is. It is the best town to make investments in, as is said by every newspaper
man of note who visits this country
