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Thought this was a cool story, and I would guess few of us knew the history on it.
Enchanted Rock - State Park Texas
History of the Moss Ranch at Enchanted Rock
I grew up at Enchanted Rock. My parents owned the 2300 acre property which was a family run tourist attraction from the early 1950‘s to the late 1970‘s. We lived in the house right in front of Enchanted Rock on RR 965. It is now a park ranger’s residence and you can recognize it by the red metal roof. My parents were Charles and Ruth Moss. My dad’s great grandfather was Mathew Mark Moss who fought in the battle of San Jacinto in 1836. He received a land grant for his pay from the Republic of Texas. The land grant was located near Oxford in Llano County. Mathew Mark Moss’s son Charles Tate Moss (my dad’s grandfather) bought thousands of acres of ranch land in Llano County including Enchanted Rock. My dad’s uncle actually inherited the Enchanted Rock property but had a failing business and to keep the property in the family my dad bought it right after World War II when he came home from serving in the Army stationed in the states during the war.
According to the story my parents told me my dad had $2,000.00 and was the only one in the family who had enough money at the time to purchase the land from his uncle. He partnered with the Faltin family from Comfort to purchase the land for $35.00 per acre. My dad ran cattle on the property but it didn’t become a family run tourist attraction until the early 1950’s when my parents married and decided to build a house right in front of Enchanted Rock close to the road. It was a small one bedroom house and didn’t really look like a family residence and as my dad put it “people thought it was a beer joint and stopped by to get something to drink”. Soon people stopped and asked if they could climb Enchanted Rock so my parents eventually realized what a treasure they had in their backyard and opened it to the public. They had a small concession stand in the park which was located directly behind our house and down the hill close to Sandy Creek. My parents would greet people as they drove into the park, pull up to the concession stand, and pay 50 cents to climb “The Rock.” They could also purchase soft drinks, candy, ice cream, and Indian souvenirs.
On January 1st 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and the first Lady climbed Enchanted Rock. I went with my dad to meet them as they were walking on the rock. I was 10 years old but I remember it well and I regret not having a photo of it because when I went back to school after the holidays and tried to tell the story to my classmates of course no one believed me.
During the mid to late 1970s people came with big metal frame kites and wanted to hang glide off the rock to the creek. My dad had them sign a waiver and let them glide off the top of the rock sometimes landing on the trees instead of in the creek bed. Of course that “sport” was dangerous and that phase didn’t last long. Then the mountain climbers started repelling off the back side of Enchanted Rock which is still a very popular sport.
My parents sold Enchanted Rock to The Nature Conservancy in 1978. Lady Bird Johnson met with my parents and helped to negotiate the sale. My parents wanted to make sure that Enchanted Rock would be preserved and not commercialized or ever quarried. So it became a Texas State Natural Area instead of a Texas State Park. Then the property was turned over to Texas Parks and Wildlife and opened to the public by 1980. Only the land north of RR 965 was purchased and the Moss and Faltin families retained the 500+ acres south of the paved road. All of the land has been divided and sold by the families except the 107 acres I have kept which has now become The Moss Ranch at Enchanted Rock. It has always been my dream to open a family business and share my beautiful view of The Rock and once again relive some of my childhood memories.
Marla Moss Rechenthin, Owner of The Moss Ranch at Enchanted Rock
Enchanted Rock - State Park Texas
History of the Moss Ranch at Enchanted Rock
I grew up at Enchanted Rock. My parents owned the 2300 acre property which was a family run tourist attraction from the early 1950‘s to the late 1970‘s. We lived in the house right in front of Enchanted Rock on RR 965. It is now a park ranger’s residence and you can recognize it by the red metal roof. My parents were Charles and Ruth Moss. My dad’s great grandfather was Mathew Mark Moss who fought in the battle of San Jacinto in 1836. He received a land grant for his pay from the Republic of Texas. The land grant was located near Oxford in Llano County. Mathew Mark Moss’s son Charles Tate Moss (my dad’s grandfather) bought thousands of acres of ranch land in Llano County including Enchanted Rock. My dad’s uncle actually inherited the Enchanted Rock property but had a failing business and to keep the property in the family my dad bought it right after World War II when he came home from serving in the Army stationed in the states during the war.
According to the story my parents told me my dad had $2,000.00 and was the only one in the family who had enough money at the time to purchase the land from his uncle. He partnered with the Faltin family from Comfort to purchase the land for $35.00 per acre. My dad ran cattle on the property but it didn’t become a family run tourist attraction until the early 1950’s when my parents married and decided to build a house right in front of Enchanted Rock close to the road. It was a small one bedroom house and didn’t really look like a family residence and as my dad put it “people thought it was a beer joint and stopped by to get something to drink”. Soon people stopped and asked if they could climb Enchanted Rock so my parents eventually realized what a treasure they had in their backyard and opened it to the public. They had a small concession stand in the park which was located directly behind our house and down the hill close to Sandy Creek. My parents would greet people as they drove into the park, pull up to the concession stand, and pay 50 cents to climb “The Rock.” They could also purchase soft drinks, candy, ice cream, and Indian souvenirs.
On January 1st 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and the first Lady climbed Enchanted Rock. I went with my dad to meet them as they were walking on the rock. I was 10 years old but I remember it well and I regret not having a photo of it because when I went back to school after the holidays and tried to tell the story to my classmates of course no one believed me.
During the mid to late 1970s people came with big metal frame kites and wanted to hang glide off the rock to the creek. My dad had them sign a waiver and let them glide off the top of the rock sometimes landing on the trees instead of in the creek bed. Of course that “sport” was dangerous and that phase didn’t last long. Then the mountain climbers started repelling off the back side of Enchanted Rock which is still a very popular sport.
My parents sold Enchanted Rock to The Nature Conservancy in 1978. Lady Bird Johnson met with my parents and helped to negotiate the sale. My parents wanted to make sure that Enchanted Rock would be preserved and not commercialized or ever quarried. So it became a Texas State Natural Area instead of a Texas State Park. Then the property was turned over to Texas Parks and Wildlife and opened to the public by 1980. Only the land north of RR 965 was purchased and the Moss and Faltin families retained the 500+ acres south of the paved road. All of the land has been divided and sold by the families except the 107 acres I have kept which has now become The Moss Ranch at Enchanted Rock. It has always been my dream to open a family business and share my beautiful view of The Rock and once again relive some of my childhood memories.
Marla Moss Rechenthin, Owner of The Moss Ranch at Enchanted Rock
C_Hallbert
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That's called "freeboard"
Not to quote the whole Enchanted Rock post, but I worked for many years with Ken Moss - part of that family. Kinda cool seeing that post.
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Wifey and I climbed Enchanted Rock.
When we got to the top I looked around for the height of land.
We walked over and found the USGS monument under a little shrub.
I have a picture somewhere. It was a brass disk.
Dated maybe 1942. The Boyscouts climbing and camping that day were quite impressed.
Woo hoo, children think I'm clever.
Upside, wifey was happy too.
Don't go on a rainy day, quite slippery.
When we got to the top I looked around for the height of land.
We walked over and found the USGS monument under a little shrub.
I have a picture somewhere. It was a brass disk.
Dated maybe 1942. The Boyscouts climbing and camping that day were quite impressed.
Woo hoo, children think I'm clever.
Upside, wifey was happy too.
Don't go on a rainy day, quite slippery.
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southtexaspilot
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You trying to start an electron flow vs hole flow fight?
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That's what I was thinking, but I didn't want to be more of an ass than usual.
Lunyfringe
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That's like yelling at someone for holding the door open "yer lettin' all the COLD out!!"
Or like dark sucker theory... the theory is that light isn't a thing, it's the absence of dark. Light bulbs are actually dark suckers... you can see this when they go bad, there is some kind of dark ring or spot on the bulb because they're full of dark. The stars are the biggest dark suckers in the universe- when they get full, they blow up and then are a black hole (because they're full of dark now and can't suck dark anymore)...
I think these theories are from some of the flat Earth theorists.
Ole Cowboy
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On August 22, 1989, the Texas Rangers’ Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher in Major League Baseball history to pitch 5,000 career strike-outs.
1.06: Nolan Ryan's career strike-outs per inning. He pitched 5,714 strikeouts in 5,386 innings.
1.06: Nolan Ryan's career strike-outs per inning. He pitched 5,714 strikeouts in 5,386 innings.
Yeah, didn't think it was prudent to get into all that, because then we'd get into semiconductors and PN junctions, and ... I figured it'd be too nerdy for a crowd that has a history of debating paper currency and trains 
Maybe we could start with batteries though, there's a lot of interesting not commonly known science that I'd bet is pretty interesting to most folks. Like how the charge is stored "in" the electrolyte, pros and cons to various anode and cathode materials, etc.
Maybe we could start with batteries though, there's a lot of interesting not commonly known science that I'd bet is pretty interesting to most folks. Like how the charge is stored "in" the electrolyte, pros and cons to various anode and cathode materials, etc.
Car batteries are DC (Direct Current), it's not just batteries when talking straight polarity and reverse polarity of direct current. What many people don't know is that AC (Alternating Current) the flow goes in both directions in cycles and the amount of cycles determines the frequency, while DC the flow only goes in one direction.
How would anyone who is even vaguely aware that there are such things as AC and DC not know this? I mean if you talk to me about phases my eyes will probably glaze over but I did take a bunch of science classes in school and would have thought the differences between AC and DC are common knowledge?
Are you guys talking about sexual orientation?
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