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Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. Year 2000 population was 60. [230] Iron Bridge: Gregg [231] Islitas: Webb [232] Izoro: Lampasas [233] Jakes Colony: Guadalupe: Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. Year 2000 population was 95. [234] Jarvis: Anderson: Jean ...
The mountain was the site of the Packsaddle Mountain Fight with 21 Apache Tribesmen on August 4, 1873 and was the last major Indian battle in the area. The fight on Packsaddle Mountain was precipitated when a woman from the Moss Ranch (in what is now Llano County) came into the ranch house with an arrow sticking out of her side.
The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, [3] and has been listed in publications since at least 1914. [8] The mountain's name refers to trap rock, [7] which is any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic intrusive or extrusive igneous rock. There are several large areas of dark rock on ...
Nugent Mountain is located in Big Bend National Park and the Chisos Mountains. The mountain is composed of intrusive igneous rock which formed during the Oligocene period. [5] Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,600 feet (488 m) above the Rio Grande Village Road in one mile (1.6 km).
Guadalupe Mountains may not be a household name like Grand Canyon or Yosemite, but it’s a national treasure. 'Literally one of a kind': Guadalupe Mountains National Park is Texas' best kept ...
Bitter Creek was settled in the early 1880s by the Bardwell and Montgomery families. Bitter Creek is thought to have been located south of present-day Sweetwater, in northeastern Nolan County. [2] In 1923, oil was discovered in Bitter Creek. By the 1950s, its population declined to only five residents.
The town of Bakersfield has long been a ghost town, but Tunas Peak's distinctive appearance, offensive local name, and location off Interstate Highway 10 has led to it becoming a notable roadside attraction. [5] A gas station in Bakersfield sells hats and keychains depicting the peak. [4]
The mountain is a soda microsyenite volcanic plug which formed 34 million years ago when it intruded three Late Cretaceous marine sedimentary formations which included the Boquillas Formation and the Pen Formation. [6] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Bee Mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild ...