Downtown Austin in Travis County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Prairies and Lakes
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Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 10, 2024
1. Prairies and Lakes Marker
A transition between the plains of the West Texas Panhandle and the Pineywoods of East Texas, the soil here is rich, fertile, and black.Before European settlers arrived, more than 12 million acres of tallgrass prairie stretched through the region. The gently rolling terrain was blanketed with a thick sod of grasses and wildflowers that often grew taller than a man. Within the Blackland Prairie region are north-south bands of Cross Timbers habitat. A thick, scrubby woodland of cedar elm, post oak, hack berry, and hickory grows in the thin, sandy soils of the Cross Timbers. Eisenhower and Lake Mineral Wells state parks contain particularly good examples of this ecosystem.
Antes de que llegaran pobladores europeos, más de 12 millones de hectáreas de praderas de pastos altos se extendían por la región. El terreno ligeramente rodante estaba cubierto de terrones pastosos y flores silvestres que sollan crecer más altos quel hombre. Dentro de la región de la pradera Blackland hay bandas de norte-a-sur de hábitats de maderas cruzadas. Un bosque grueso y achaparrado de olmo de cedro, poste de roble, cerezo almez y nogal americano crece en los suelos delgados y arenosos de esta región. Los parques estatales Eisenhower y Norias Minerales, en particular tienen buenas muestras de este ecosistema.
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Location. 30° 16.799′ N, 97° 44.292′ W. Marker is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Downtown Austin. It can be reached from Congress Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1805 Congress Ave, Austin TX 78701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Texas. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Moses Austin (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Scottish Rite Temple (about 700 feet away); Diocese of Austin (about 800 feet away); Site of Swedish Evangelical Free Church (about 800 feet away); French Legation State Historic Site
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 10, 2024
2. Prairies and Lakes Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 157 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 3, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
