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Marble Falls is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 7,037. Lake Marble Falls is part of the Highland Lakes on the Colorado River, the largest chain of lakes in Texas. [4] Marble Falls was founded by Adam Rankin Johnson [5] in 1887, a former Indian fighter and Confederate ...
The Roper Hotel is located at 707 Third Street in the city of Marble Falls, county of Burnet, in the U.S. state of Texas.It was erected circa 1888. The hotel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981, [2] and added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Burnet County, Texas on January 8, 1980. [3]
Ripon, Ripon Main Street, designated 1988; Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan Falls Main Street. On April 9, 1975, Mary Means, field staff for the National Trust for Historic Preservation spoke on "Preservation is Good Business" to the Sheboygan Falls Downtown Preservation committee., [88] Main Street program designated 1988.
Additionally Pedernales Falls State Park in Johnson City, and Inks Lake State Park in Burnet, are among the many other parks available in Central Texas. The largest nature preserve in the area is the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, a preserve northwest of Austin near Burnet and Marble Falls comprising 21,436 acres (8,675 ha). [69]
The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. also approved preliminary bond financing for the 100 N. Main redevelopment project. In February 2024, the board approved a 30-year PILOT for the $282 million ...
Granite Mountain is a solid dome, also known as a bornhardt, of pink granite (pink granite is also known as Sunset Red) rising over 860 feet one mile west of Marble Falls, Texas. Since quarry operations began in the late 19th century, the distinctive pink-red colored rock has been used in the construction of the Texas State Capitol in Austin ...
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Lake Marble Falls is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country in the United States. The reservoir was formed in 1951 by the construction of Max Starcke Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Originally named Marble Falls Dam, the dam was renamed in 1962 for Max Starcke, the second general director of the LCRA.