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The name Palo Pinto roughly translates to "painted stick" in reference to the juniper trees of the area. [3] Isolated, rugged, and scenic, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] the ridge extends some 15 miles, from near the intersection of Texas State Highway 16 and Farm to Market Road 207 in the southwest, to Crawford Mountain just south of the Fortune Bend on the ...
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park is an undeveloped 4,000 plus acre [1] state park in Palo Pinto and Stephens County, Texas near the City of Strawn. The park is located in the Western Cross Timbers Ecoregion .
National Register of Historic Places listings in Palo Pinto County, Texas; Oran, Texas; Palo Pinto, Texas; Palo Pinto County, Texas; Palo Pinto Creek; Palo Pinto Creek Reservoir; Sam Bass Hollow; Santo, Texas; Strawn, Texas; US 281 Bridge at the Brazos River; Worser Creek; User:Nyttend/County templates/TX/3; User:Patapsco913/sandbox; File talk ...
Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon. [2] A large canyon system in the south-central United States, it is roughly 25–40 mi (40–64 km) long and has an average width of 6 mi (9.7 km), but reaches a width of 20 mi (32 km) at places.
Palo Duro Canyon State Park: Randall 28,000 acres (11,331 ha) 1934 Palo Duro Canyon State Park: Palo Pinto Mountains State Park (under development) Palo Pinto, Stephens 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) 2011 Pedernales Falls State Park: Blanco 5,211.7 acres (2,109 ha) 1971 Pedernales Falls State Park: Possum Kingdom State Park: Palo Pinto 1,528.7 acres ...
Possum Kingdom State Park is a state park in Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA, that was built in the 1940s by Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2888 and opened to the public in 1950. [2] It covers approximately 1,530 acres (620 ha), and lies in the Palo Pinto Mountains and Brazos River Valley of Texas.
Metcalf Gap is a pass through the Palo Pinto Mountains located in the Western Cross Timbers region of northern Texas.Located roughly midway between the towns of Breckenridge and Mineral Wells, the pass lies at an elevation of about 1,200 feet (370 m) and forms a distinct gap in the escarpment formed by the Palo Pinto Mountains, a fifteen-mile long range of cuesta-type hills that runs southwest ...
In 1880, Palo Pinto was bypassed by the Texas and Pacific Railway. Although it suffered, the population remained above 400 and it retained several businesses. The county seat has remained in Palo Pinto, though it was surpassed as the largest town in the county by Mineral Wells many years ago. The current Palo Pinto County Courthouse, located on ...