Belton Dam Mural - Belton, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 06.720 W 097° 28.196
14R E 645905 N 3443021
The mural painted on the spillway wall of Belton Dam depicts the history of the Bell County area. Pictures taken from FM 2271, to view up close you have to hike trails in Miller Springs Nature Center.
Waymark Code: WMR7FJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2016
Views: 5
Spillway wall is approximately 30 feet high and 700 feet long. The Drawings on it depict tremendous support of the military, to life on the ranches, to the area’s natural beauty and aquatic offerings.
Starting at the area closest to the road the mural depicts wagons and a cowboy and an Indian racing toward a fort. Past the fort are some soldiers then some buildings, a stagecoach and more buildings. Next is a lake with a sailboat and fishermen. Then more buildings. There is a big tree and more cowboys. Then comes a train and what appears to be a city. Beyond that is military and at the very last a man riding an armadillo.
City: Belton
Location Name: Spillway Wall below Belton Dam
Artist: Multiple Art Students of Mary Hardin Baylor University
Date: 1978
Media: Paint on cement
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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