Pace Park

The W. A. Pace family arrived in Salado in 1854. They had journeyed from Indiana to Central Texas with a wagon train, traveling 1,200 miles in three months. They first built a home on what is today called College Hill. W. A. and Mary Jane parented 17 children. Twelve of the 17 lived to adulthood.

The Paces owned hundreds of acres, and later they built a new and bigger home in Prairie Dell. W. A. was the first farmer to raise cotton in the area during 1873. He owned the first horse-powered thresher in the community and bought the Salado Grist Mill from W. A. Davis. The mill was washed away by the 1900 flood and was never rebuilt.

On Aug. 16, 1946, heirs of W. A. and Mary Jane Pace gave seven-plus acres of their land to be used as a public park in Salado. It is recorded in Volume 569, Page 625 in Bell County records.

1946 Pace Park Road, Salado, TX 76571

Tablerock Amphitheater

Located on Royal Street, this amphitheater hosts events such as Salado Legends, Fright Night, and Scrooge.

Tablerock Festival of Salado is a nonprofit organization, founded by citizens of Salado and Bell County in 1979, to manage a 450-seat amphitheater that was built on thirteen acres of land donated by the Goodnight family. Three years later, the organization was floundering; its bank account was down to $1.34 when local children's book author, Jackie Mills, was asked to revive the Tablerock Festival. She enlisted the help of her husband, Denver Mills, who was president of the Salado Chamber of Commerce, and the community. After attending an Institute of Outdoor Drama conference, Jackie Mills began researching Salado's history to base a musical play, which she wrote for production in the amphitheater.

409 Royal St, Salado, TX 76571