Park Site Leg Cmte Davis Mountains, Texas, 1921 – Vintage Photo Print
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Park Site Leg Cmte Davis Mountains, Texas, 1921 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Park Site Leg Cmte Davis Mountains, Texas, 1921
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In 1921, a Texas legislative committee toured the Davis Mountains of Far West Texas to inspect a possible park site, reflecting early interest in protecting scenic land in the state's high country. The surrounding area was ranching country, where cattle, sheep and goats grazed the grasslands near the old frontier post of Fort Davis, which the U.S. Army had abandoned in 1891. Railroads had reached Alpine and Marfa by the 1880s, shipping wool and livestock out, but the mountains stayed sparsely settled and hard to reach. Lawmakers of the period had few state parks to point to, and proposals to protect such land often stalled for lack of money.
| Created / published | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Original scan | 5,034 × 992 px · prints to 17 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | TX 1921 Park Site Leg Cmte Davis Mountains |
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