Westlake and the Cross Timbers - Westlake, TX
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N 32° 59.088 W 097° 12.711
14S E 667081 N 3651020
This marker, Westlake's fourth, stands next to the loop parking lot in front of the Westlake Academy. The Academy is on JT Ottinger Road.
Waymark Code: WMKE29
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2014
Views: 2
Marker Text:
"Westlake and the Cross Timbers
Our history begins in a distinctively unique geographic region of North Central Texas, the Cross Timbers. Early explorers and travelers noticed the area because of the extended groves of oak trees bordered with stretches of open prairie. As early as 1832, Washington Irving described it in a Tour of the Praries: "I shall not easily forget the mortal toil, and the vexations of flesh and spirit, that we undertook occasionally, in our wanderings through the Cross Timber. It was like struggling through forests of cast iron." The Cross Timbers region extends across parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. From a map, it may be seen that the region runs in irreular vertical lines, a little like icing running down the sides of a cake. Benjamin Tharp writings described the area as timbered islands amid lakes of grass called oak savannas, a name that refers to wooded areas broken by stretches of grasslands. Hence, describing our home Westlake, Texas."
Group that erected the marker: Town of Westlake and Westlake Academy
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
2600 J T Ottinger Rd
Westlake, TX United States
76262
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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