Burton, Texas -
Errant Block of Granite
It fell off of railway car, and now it has a plaque as a memorial to itself.
- Address:
- Washington St., Burton, TX
- Directions:
- Downtown, at the intersection of Hwy 1697/Main St. and Hwy 390/Washington St.
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Errant Block of Granite There is a block of granite sitting in the center of this small town
that has always intrigued me. When driving through the town I would notice the block
and a plaque and always assumed it was a memorial to fallen war heroes or the like. One
day I had time to stop and was pleasantly surprised when I read the plaque. The block
was not a memorial but a mistake.
"This Texas pink granite rock was one of many such rocks that shook off the flat cars of the HT&C Railroad when they were being transported form Granite Mountain in Burnet County through Burton enroute to be used in the building of the Galveston sea wall which was started in 1902 and finished in 1904...."Moved here as a memorial to itself in 1987. [Chris, 11/11/2001]
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