Reminders of the Past

Thousands of years before Langford arrived, the meeting of a creek, a river, and the hot springs drew people to this area. Living in the shadow of the cliffs, ancient people left rock art, midden areas, and bedrock mortars as reminders of vibrant prehistoric communities along the river. The limestone cliffs provided both shelter and a surface for petroglyphs and pictographs, though the meaning of these fragile images may never be known except to those who made them. Historical memoirs recount many color pictographs at this site that are now missing and lost forever, and the few that remain may endure for ages or disappear tomorrow.

Study Butte, Texas · United States