BISHOP
(Severin)
Biographies
Alf. L. Scott and T. J. Westerberg
Since the big prairie began to be cut up and
colonized in this part of Nueces County, Texas, even the Swedish people settled
here in the later years and took up farming, but the biggest part of the land
is still pasture-land. Nueces County was
organized in 1846 and was at that time of such a size in that it could have
been regarded as a kingdom. In 1848, several other counties broke off from it,
but Nueces still had a surface area of nearly three thousand square miles. Two
other counties have been divided since then: Jim Wells in the year 1911, and
Kleberg, 1913, so that Nueces now has an area of about eleven hundred square
miles.
The most famous city in the county is the city by
the sea, Corpus Christi, with a population of 8,222 in the year 1910, known for
its seaside resorts and fishing, an often visited place by tourists during the
summer months. The Swedish community is
located in the southern part of Nueces County. The pleasant little town of
Bishop is located directly beside the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
railway. Main products are cattle production, corn and cotton. The religious
preference is Swedish Lutheran.
Extracted from: Swedes In Texas In
Words and Pictures,
English Translation, 1838 -
1918
Copyright 1994, New Sweden
88 Austin Area Committee
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