Double Mountains (Texas)
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox mountain Double Mountains is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas.[1] While the Handbook of Texas gives their elevation as either Script error: No such module "convert".[2] or Script error: No such module "convert".,[1] United States Geological Survey maps give the elevation of the western mountain as Script error: No such module "convert". [3] and that of the eastern mountain as between Script error: No such module "convert"..[4][5] Together, the mountains form part of the high ground dividing the watersheds of the Salt Fork and Double Mountain Fork Brazos River.[6]
Rising some 500–800 feet (150–250 m) above the surrounding plains,[5][2] the higher eastern mountain is the highest point in Stonewall County[1] and the most topographically prominent point for almost Script error: No such module "convert"., the nearest more prominent peak being Mount Scott in Oklahoma.[7] As such an isolated geographical feature, the mountains are visible from a great distance, and feature commanding views from their tops.[5]
Their prominence has long made them important regional landmarks,[2] dating back at least to 1788, when Jose Mares opened a trail from San Antonio to Santa Fe; thereafter, the mountains were waymarkers "for every westward expedition and a rendezvous for buffalo hunters."[6] They were also cited by the surveying party of Randolph B. Marcy in 1849.[2]
Although paved roads do not lead directly to the mountains, they are accessible via paved Farm to Market Roads 2211 and 610 and dirt county roads; a steep dirt road leads up to the summit of each of the pair of mountains. A prominent radio tower stands on the eastern summit.[5]
At one time, Comanche leader Quanah Parker and his band lived on or near the mountains,[8] and according to one source, the mountains were once a sacred place to the Comanches.[9]
Town of Double Mountain
A town of Double Mountain once existed a few miles north of the hills. Established in 1886, the community featured a post office, sheriff, schoolhouse, and Methodist and Baptist churches for several years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but had become a ghost town by the 1980s.[2]
See also
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External links
- Handbook of Texas Online — Double Mountain
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