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"The publisher of Enchanted
Rock Magazine, Kennedy is a leading authority of the history of Texas in the
Enchanted Rock area near Fredericksburg."
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Enchanted Rock began to form over one billion years ago as molten
lava rose up from the center of the Earth, then cooled before surfacing. Over the
millenia erosion worked its way down exposing the chain of granite outcrops now associated
with Enchanted Rock. Like the tip of an iceberg, the dome of Enchanted Rock,
which covers about one square mile, is but a small part of the Enchanted Rock
batholith which is the core around which the land mass of Texas formed. Here is the
geologic center of the state. And for Native Americans, going back before recorded
time, it was and is a sacred site.
Ira Kennedy's EnchantedRockTexas.com features the results of years of work the writer, photographer, artist and publisher has devoted to Enchanted Rock. Much of the articles presented here were originally featured in the now defunct, Enchanted Rock Magazine. Ira was featured in the Austin Chronicle, The Highlander newspaper in Marble Falls, The San Marcos Record, and the German magazine Spotlight, as well as segments on KLRU-TV & KTBC-TV,; plus several area radio stations including the syndicated "The Sound of Texas," with Tumbleweed Smith, and the syndicated TV program Texas Country Reporter ( the video "Bob Phillips Tours Texas State Parks" available at their website). Ira
was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Texas Parks& Wildlife Department
for providing numerous educational talks at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Feature
articles by Ira have been published by Texas
Monthly, Texas Highways Magazine and in The Nature of Texas (hardcover
anthology) Texas A&M Press.
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© 2007 Ira Kennedy |
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