Details for The "Chaparral"
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5137005279
Data
| Marker Number | 5279 |
| Atlas Number | 5137005279 |
| Marker Title | The "Chaparral" |
| Index Entry | "Chaparral", The |
| Address | Snodgrass Rd. |
| City | Rocksprings |
| County | Edwards |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 420939 |
| UTM Northing | 3335766 |
| Subject Codes | ranches/ranching; houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | 1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Off Snodgrass Rd. (CR 260) on private property. Map dot approximate. |
| Private Property | Yes |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | 14" x 24" |
| Marker Text | Built about 1895 by J.P. Taylor, from England. Then on the Fort McKavett - Fort Clark Road. In 1907 E.E. and Mary Sproul Morriss, early settlers, bought Taylor's acreage and patented more land. Ranch became social center. "Chaparral" refers to roadrunners and Dwarf Oaks, both numerous here. (1969) |