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Properties and/or districts are listed in most of Texas's 254 counties. The tables linked below are intended to provide a complete list of properties and districts listed in each county. The locations of National Register properties and districts with latitude and longitude data may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, [2] it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States. [3] [4] The land has been used to raise crops, beef cattle, and horses and to produce oil.
The establishment of the mill significantly transformed North Fork. By 1951, the population surged to over 2,000 people. [34] The mill emerged as a major employer, offering jobs to over 130 workers at peak times and contributing about $500,000 to the local economy annually. [35] Despite this economic boost, North Fork did not have a bank. [36]
It includes domestic and agricultural buildings, a historic archaeological site, as well as an early-20th century school, two late-19th century churches, and five mid- to late-19th century industrial resources including three standing mills, a tanyard site, and a brick kiln site. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
There is a city park in Georgetown at the confluence of the North and South Forks, with a well-known local swimming spot (the "Blue Hole") located just upriver from the confluence on the South Fork. Like most Texas Hill Country rivers, the San Gabriel west of the Balcones Fault is characterized by limestone river bottoms, some moderate rapids ...
The Cloyce Box Ranch was the site of the original Southfork ranch location, where the initial five episodes of Dallas were filmed. [1] The series left the location at the end of the first season in 1978 at the request of property owner, Cloyce K. Box , who was unhappy with the negative portrayal of the Texas oil industry by the show.
At the point where the North Fork crosses Lubbock County Road 3600, the canyon is nearly 2 mi (3,000 m) wide and 200 ft (60 m) deep. Further downstream, the walls of the canyon begin to curve sharply outward as the North Fork flows out of Yellow House Canyon and onto the rolling plains of West Texas.
It joins the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River at the Texas-Oklahoma border about 12.7 mi (20.4 km) northeast of Vernon, Texas. [6] Overall, the North Fork descends 2,098 ft (639 m) from its headwaters to its confluence with the Red River, passing through mostly rolling to flat terrain with local shallow depressions along its course.