Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites - La Grange, TX
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N 29° 53.268 W 096° 52.571
14R E 705091 N 3308247
Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Site, 40.4 acres total, is located one mile south of La Grange in Fayette County.
Waymark Code: WMRTWT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/04/2016
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Texas Parks and Wildlife WebsiteThe tomb at Monument Hill was acquired by the State of Texas in 1907 and transferred to Texas Parks and Wildlife in 1949. In 1956, the archbishop of San Antonio and the citizens of Fayette County deeded an additional 3.58 acres to the site. Another 36-acre tract, including the Kreische Brewery and Kreische home, was added in 1977. The park was opened in 1983, after archaeological study and stabilization had been completed.
The bluff at Monument Hill is the northern limit of the Oakville Escarpment of Miocene era bearing sandstone. This escarpment or "cuesta" marks the boundary between the Upland Post Oak Woodlands and the Fayette Prairie environments. Here, along the bluff, eastern plant and animal communities of the woodlands and prairie coexist with an isolated colony of western species.