RYAN is located on the  C. C. & R'y in Pickens county, Chickasaw Nation, thirty-three miles north of Bowie, Texas. It is located in and surrounded by the most fertile soil in the United States. Red River, with its extensive valleys of the richest loam, lies south and west, its nearest point being only three miles. Big Beaver Creek and the two Mud Creeks, with their thousands of acres of the most productive valleys, surround Ryan from east to west. On the north all the cereals, as well as all kinds of grasses, fruits and vegetables, grow to perfection, also cotton. Ryan has a fine roller flour mill, cotton gin, good schools and churches, and nearly all lines of business are represented. The climate is healthy, and homeseekers should visit this enterprising and rapidly growing town.

BARRETT, M. H. & Co. (W. H. HARVEY,  M. H. BARRETT), druggists
BENNETT, C., hotel
BENNETT, C. C., restaurant

CARPENTER & POSEY (A. CARPENTER,  E. V. POSEY)
COLEMAN, J. W., photographer
COTTRELL, W., hotel
CROA, J. S., groceries
CROFFORD, J. M., dry goods

FORTSON, Thomas, groceries

GARRETT & MORROW (R. S. GARRETT,  J. W. MORROW), confectionery
GREENE, F. M., lumber
GRUBBS, B. F., watchmaker

Henrietta Drug Co., J. D. DULANEY, propr
HOLMES & STEPHENS (J. M. HOLMES, A. Y. STEPHENS), meat market

KOLBENSCHLAG, W., tinner
KUTEMAN, R. B., lumber

MONTGOMERY, F. L., groceries
MOORHEAD, S. S., propr Star Hotel
MULCOCK, J. K., hardware

PALMER, J. F., groceries

RICHARDS, B., general merchandise
RICHARDS & Co., (W. J. RICHARDS, S. M. FLOURNEY), merchandise
RICHARDS & FLOURNOY (W. L. RICHARDS, S. M. FLOURNOY), general merchandise, dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps, gents' furnishing goods, groceries, produce, and grain buyers and shippers
Ryan Star, M. LUSTER, propr
RYAN, S. W., livery, feed and sales stable

SHANNON, J. A., produce
Star Hotel, S. S. MOOREHEAD, propr
Star Wagon Yard, T. G. WINDLE, propr

THOMPSON, T. J., carp

WALDO, H., dry goods
WARTHEN & RALLS (J. W. WARTHEN,   E. M. RALLS), grocers
WELLS & RYAN (J. WELLS, A. RYAN), wagon yard
WEST, B., general merchandise
WILLIAMS, P. F. & Co. (H. H. RICE, W. B. and L. B. UPHAM), agricultural implements
WILLOUGHBY, V. D., barber
WILLSON & HEATON (W. H. WILLSON,  G. W. HEATON), harness and saddlery
WINDLE, T. G., fruits, confectionery, cigars, tobacco, hay, grain, feed, and propr Star wagon yard