The Texas blackland prairie
soils are a black, alkaline, calcium-saturated clay, sometimes referred
to as "gumbo," which developed from the Austin chalk formation
and the volcanic ash that adulterated those carbonates as they were
deposited in the shallow Cretaceous-age seas.
Murals line Mary Cliff road on the eastern edge of Twelve Hills (the
western edge of Rosemont Elementary)
"Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back." - Gwyn Thomas