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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. The park is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department which bought the property from private landowners in October 2011 with ...
Strawn is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 540 at the 2020 census . Strawn, on State Highway 16 and 108 , Farm to Market Road 2372 , and the Missouri Pacific Railroad in southwestern Palo Pinto County, was one of several towns developed about 1880 when the Texas and Pacific Railway began service.
The Strawn-Wagner Diamond is one of a relatively few colorless, internally flawless diamonds ever found, [1] weighing 3.03 carat (620 mg). [2] It was found in 1990 by Shirley Strawn of Murfreesboro, Arkansas , in the Crater of Diamonds State Park public search field.
Crater of Diamonds State Park is situated over an eroded lamproite volcanic pipe. The park is open to the public and, for a small fee, rockhounds and visitors can dig for diamonds and other gemstones. Park visitors find more than 600 diamonds each year of all colors and grades. [5] [6] As of 2015 over 75,000 diamonds had been found in the ...
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Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park: Big Bend Ranch State Park: Presidio, Brewster 311,000 acres (125,857 ha) 1988 Big Bend Ranch State Park: Big Spring State Park: Howard 381.99 acres (154.59 ha) 1936 Big Spring State Park: Blanco State Park: Blanco 104.6 acres (42.3 ha) 1934 The Blanco River in Blanco State Park: Bonham State Park: Fannin ...
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 ...