Summary
Organization name
Painted Rocks Historical Site Inc
Tax id (EIN)
33-4441153
Address
398 PRIVATE ROAD 1720PAINT ROCK, TX 76866
About
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The Painted Rocks Historical Site, Inc. (PRHS) was established in 2025 to protect and preserve 1,500 pictographs and petroglyphs covering a thousand-foot expanse of a limestone bluff fronting the Concho River in Concho County. Beyond stewardship, our mission is to share the site with current and future generations, as well as provide research and educational opportunities to students, scholars, and to those with historical connections to the land.
PRHS is building upon the stewardship ethos of the Campbell family, which began when Fred and Cora Campbell invited noted researchers, Forrest and Lula Kirkland, to record the rock art in the mid-1930s. Since then, the family has opened the site to curious visitors, archaeologists, rock art researchers, and descendant communities. Last year, over 400 visitors toured the site.
Most notably, PRHS serves as a dynamic entry point into the larger (his)story of the Concho River valley. Indigenous rock art, historical graffiti, and archaeological deposits preserved on the grounds offer a tangible lens through which visitors can understand the broader forces that shaped our history – the presence of Indigenous peoples, Spanish colonialism, German and Anglo immigration, frontier expansion, and numerous military campaigns.
Mission
Our mission at the Painted Rocks Historical Site, Inc., is to preserve, raise awareness, and share the site and its rock art with current and future generations.
Needs
In order to raise awareness of the site, we seek funding to create a high-quality educational video. Videos layer narration, imagery, and sound to create a richer, more memorable learning experience. This is especially true at a site such as the Painted Rocks. Videos also make the site more accessible to those who cannot travel to the site, walk the terrain, or stand in the Texas heat.
We envision a video that will weave together four key storylines: (1) prehistoric and historic rock imagery; (2) gatherings of descendant communities; (3) educational programs; and (4) researchers at work documenting and interpreting the landscape.
This video will appear on our website, greet visitors before guided walking tours, anchor public presentations, and support our educational programming.
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PAINT ROCK, TX 76866