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Double Mountains is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Handbook of Texas Online — Stonewall County )〕 While the Handbook of Texas gives their elevation as either 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Handbook of Texas Online — Double Mountain )〕 or ,〔 United States Geological Survey maps give the elevation of the western mountain as 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Double Mountain (in Stonewall County Texas) Place Profile )〕 and that of the eastern mountain as between and .〔〔 Together, the mountains form part of the high ground dividing the watersheds of the Salt Fork and Double Mountain Fork Brazos River. Rising some 500–800 feet (150–250 m) above the surrounding plains,〔〔 the higher eastern mountain is the highest point in Stonewall County〔 and the most topographically prominent point for almost , the nearest more prominent peak being Mount Scott in Oklahoma.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prominence Ladder from Double Mountains )〕 As such an isolated geographical feature, the mountains are visible from a great distance, and feature commanding views from their tops.〔 Their prominence has long made them important regional landmarks,〔 dating back at least to 1788, when Jose Mares opened a trail from San Antonio to Santa Fe; thereafter, the mountains were waymarkers "for every westward expedition and a rendezvous for buffalo hunters."〔 They were also cited by the surveying party of Randolph B. Marcy in 1849.〔 Although paved roads do not lead directly to the mountains, they are accessible via paved Farm to Market Roads 2211 and 610 and dirt county roads; a steep dirt road leads up to the summit of each of the pair of mountains. A prominent radio tower stands on the eastern summit.〔 At one time, Comanche leader Quanah Parker and his band lived on or near the mountains,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Quanah Parker - Biography of the Famous Leader )〕 and according to one source, the mountains were once a sacred place to the Comanches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brazos River Canyonlands - Double Mountain )〕 ==Town of Double Mountain== A town of Double Mountain once existed a few miles north of the hills. Established in 1886, the community featured a post office, sheriff, schoolhouse, and Methodist and Baptist churches for several years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but had become a ghost town by the 1980s.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Double Mountains (Texas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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