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The Texas Blackland Prairies are a temperate grassland ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly 300 miles (480 km) from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. The prairie was named after its rich, dark soil. [3] Less than 1% of the original Blackland prairie vegetation remains, scattered across Texas in parcels. [4]
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The prairie portions are chiefly tallgrass on finer, dry soils. [2] Overall, the Cross Timbers are not as arable as the surrounding ecoregions. [3] Today, land use is a mixture of rangeland, pastures, and farmland. [2] The area has also been an important site of oil extraction for over 80 years. [3]
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The town of Blackland was named after the Texas Blackland Prairies. Blackland's post office opened in 1876. In the 1880s, the population reached a peak of 125 people. [2] At that time it had three businesses and a gristmill. Blackland farmers shipped cotton, wheat, and oats. [3] At the beginning of the 20th century, the population dipped to 50 ...
By the late 18th century, the Blackland Prairie was a mosaic of woodland, savanna, and prairies. Today, the fertile soils of the Blackland Prairie are mostly used for pastureland, woodland, and hayland. Only a few prairie remnants still occur and are mostly limited to the thin, droughty soils of cuesta scarps. [31] [35] Settlements include ...
Downtown Round Rock was the site of a historic gunfight and subsequent capture (and death) of the 19th-century American train robber Sam Bass, [21] by the Texas Ranger Division on July 19, 1878. The Rangers followed Bass and his gang after they robbed the Fort Worth -to-Cleburne train.