When the German families around Fredricksburg started to move to new areas, one of the first movements was to the north. The Prairie Mountain area and the area surrounding Cherry Springs and Castell were some of the
first areas settled. With settlement came the need for schools and one of the
first established was at Prairie Mountain.
The introduction of the school bus and the consolidation of school districts has led to many if not most of these old school houses being abandoned. In
many communities they have been maintained and are now being used as
churches, "meeting houses", and community centers.
From the Texas State Historical Association webpage
PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN, TEXAS. Prairie Mountain is on Farm Road 2323 twenty miles southwest of Llano in southwestern Llano County. At the beginning of the twentieth century it was variously known as Starks, Putnam, and Hickory. When a rural school was built on Roundtree Ranch in 1906, the community took its name from the nearby Prairie Mountain. The first teacher was Martha Ward. The division of the Roundtree Ranch into smaller holdings in 1913 and 1914 increased the local population. The community of about twenty families continued to support social functions at least into the 1970s. Prairie Mountain was still listed as a community in 1990.
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