On Sunday August 22, 2022, Billy Franks, who owns the Three Nails Ranch on the border of Eastland and Callahan Counties, where the Cooper Creek Rock House is located allowed Duane Hale, Billy Wright, and two archeologist from Austin to examine the site. Eric Schroeder, Archeologist of Applied Archeological Sciences, Inc., of Austin was head of the archeological investigation.
Photo submitted by Duane Hale