Texas has cart ruts! At Bull Creek in Northwest Austin, ruts cut 2-3 inches deep into limestone extend underwater for about 60 yards through creek beds. These mid-1800s wagon ruts survived over a century of flooding and sediment deposition. Multiple overlapping tracks can be seen. Plaque attributes them to settlers, consistent with their preservation in the limestone creek bed.
Texas cart ruts embedded in limestone creek beds extend underwater
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Key facts
- Round Rock Memorial Park site has ruts 2-3 inches deep, some up to a foot or more
- Bull Creek site features multiple overlapping tracks including 4-wheel turning patterns
- Ruts continue underwater for at least 100 yards in creek beds
- Ruts survived heavy equipment scraping during 2024 renovations
- Geologically embedded in limestone with no raised material alongside ruts
Sources
Wagon Ruts on Bull Creek?txcompost.blogspot.com
The photo here shows what are probably old wagon ruts in the bedrock at one of the many Bull Creek crossings of the road that would become Lakewood Drive.
Mid-1800s wagon ruts preserved at Bull Creek - FOX 7 Austinfox7austin.com
The ?wagon ruts? at Bull Creek in Northwest Austin provide a window into what life was like around Austin in the 1800s.
'Wagon ruts' at Bull Creek provide window into Austin life in the 1800sfox7austin.com
AUSTIN, Texas - The "wagon ruts" at Bull Creek in Northwest Austin provide a window into what life was like around Austin in the 1800s.
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