Historical Marker
Granite Mountain
Historical marker location:
US 281, Marble Falls, Texas
( West side pullout between FM 2147 and La Ventana Drive. Bronze text plate and bronze seal reported missing.)
Marker installed: 1936
2 1/2 miles northwest to Granite Mountain. From it was cut the granite for the Capitol of Texas. Second in size to the United States Capitol. Built in 1885-1888 at a cost of three million acres of state land.