Temple vicinity, TX, United States
Maruna Meadow. This meadow is one of the few remaining sites in the area that illustrates what the first Bell County settlers saw upon their arrival. Czechoslovakian immigrants who came here in 1881 found the Blackland Prairie of Central Texas to be similar to the type of farmland they had left behi
nd. Over the years, while other parts of the prairie surrounding Maruna Meadow were plowed for farms, the Maruna family maintained this 18-acre area in its original state. The meadow now is one of the
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