Details for Enchanted Rock

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5171010035

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Marker Number 10035
Atlas Number 5171010035
Marker Title Enchanted Rock
Index Entry Enchanted Rock
Address 16710 RR 965
City Fredericksburg
County Gillespie
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 517278
UTM Northing 3373762
Subject Codes geology; mountains and mountain passes; Native Americans; frontier conflicts
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, in storage in administration building.
Private Property
Marker Condition
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker - bronze plaque
Marker Text From its summit, in the fall of 1841, Captain John C. Hays, while surrounded by Comanche Indians who cut him off from his ranging company, repulsed the whole band and inflicted upon them such heavy losses that they fled. Marked by the State of Texas 1936
ATLAS_NUM=5171010035

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