Cathedral Mountain is twelve miles south of Alpine in northwestern Brewster County (at 30°11' N, 103°40' W). With an elevation of 6,868 feet above sea level, it rises 1,900 feet above State Highway 118, four miles east. Cathedral Mountain is an intrusive mass of igneous rock that has been exposed by erosion. Its shallow, stony soils support Douglas fir, aspen, Arizona cypress, maple, ponderosa pine, and madrone.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Anonymous,
“Cathedral Mountain (Brewster County),”
Handbook of Texas Online,
accessed May 24, 2022,
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cathedral-mountain-brewster-county-RJC17.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Original Publication Date:
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1952
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Most Recent Revision Date:
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December 1, 1994