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Historic Sites!

Take a cybertrip around our great State of Texas, visiting those legendary places that have made our cultural heritage world renowned.

REMEMBER TEXAS

This new booklet reveals there's much more to Texas history than the Alamo! Remember Texas provides a complete listing of State Historic Sites and vignettes on 14 of these sites. Visit prehistoric rock art sites, Republic of Texas-era inns, frontier forts or the only U.S. battleship to have fought in both world wars. See the Official Guide to State Historic Sites. media download (PDF 871.8 KB)

Archeological Sites:

Caddoan Mounds - Temple and burial mounds of prehistoric Caddo Indians.
Caprock Canyons - Site of Lake Theo Paleoindian archeological excavation.
San Felipe - The site of the township of San Felipe, known as the "Cradle of the Texas Liberty."

Pictograph Sites:

Big Bend Ranch - Remote examples of transitional-style pictographs.
Devils River - Remote examples of Lower Pecos style rock painting.
Hueco Tanks - Unique masks and figures within a massive rock labyrinth.
Seminole Canyon - World renown rock painting shelters of the Lower Pecos.

Historic Houses and Structures:

Casa Navarro - The home of Tejano signer of Texas Declaration of Independence.
Eisenhower Birthplace - The birthplace of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Fanthorp Inn - A stagecoach inn during the Republic and Early Statehood.
Fort Leaton - Adobe fortress built in 1848, by scalphunter Ben Leaton.
Fulton Mansion - French Empire home of rancher/industrialist George Fulton.
Goliad - Site of restored Spanish mission, Espiritu Santo de Zuniga.
Kreische Brewery - Ruins of a unique 1870s German brewery.
Landmark Inn - An inn and store on the Old San Antonio-El Paso Road.
Magoffin Home - "Territorial style" adobe home of El Paso pioneer family.
Port Isabel Lighthouse - Mid-19th century beacon for South Texas shipping.
Sam Bell Maxey House - Home of Confederate General Samuel Bell Maxey.
Starr Family Home - "Maplecroft," home of important early Texas family.
Sebastopol House - An 1850s Greek Revival house, built of concrete!
Varner-Hogg Plantation - An ante-bellum sugar plantation house.
Washington-on-the-Brazos - Independence Hall is the birthplace of the Republic of Texas.

Historic Missions:

Mission Espiritu Santo
Mission Rosario

Military History:

Frontier Forts
- Fort Griffin - Post Civil War garrison on the Brazos River.
- Fort Lancaster - Pre-Civil War guardian of the San Antonio-El Paso Road.
- Fort McKavett - All four regiments of the Buffalo Soldiers served here.
- Fort Richardson - Home of Colonel Ranald Mackenzie's 4th Cavalry.

The following link leaves the TPWD web site. More information on frontier forts from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/forts/.

Battlegrounds
- Sabine Pass Battleground - Site of 1863 Civil War battle that saved Texas.
- San Jacinto Battleground - Where Texas won independence from Mexico.
20th Century
- Admiral Nimitz Museum - Honors Chester Nimitz and the Pacific War.
- Battleship TEXAS - Restored dreadnought, veteran of two World Wars.

Commemorative Sites:

Acton - Burial site of Davy Crockett's second wife (smallest state park in U.S.)
Confederate Reunion Grounds - Historic Confederate veterans' picnic grounds.
Fannin Battleground - Site of famous Texas Revolution battle.
Lipantitlan - Near the sites of an 1835 battle during the Texas Revolution and a Mexican fort of the same name.
Lyndon B. Johnson - Established in honor of our 36th President, located across the Pedernales River from the Texas White House and LBJ's gravesite in the National Historical Park.
Monument Hill - The tomb of Texas martyrs, victims of the Battle of Salado (1842) and the notorious "Black Bean Incident" (1843).
San Jacinto Monument - Tallest monument in US, on site of the famous battle.
Zaragoza Birthplace - Birthplace of Mexican hero, General Ignacio Zaragoza, who defeated the French at Puebla, Mexico, May 5, 1862.

Living History Sites:

Sauer-Beckmann Farm at Lyndon B. Johnson - A restored 1918 German farmstead.
Penn Farm at Cedar Hill - A restored 1950's farm.
Barrington Living History Farm at Washington-on-the-Brazos - A Reconstructed 1850's farmstead.

Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.):

Below is a listing of parks that were built or improved by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal "make work" program, during the Great Depression in the 1930s and early 1940s.

More information on the C.C.C. parks.

Other Special Historic Information from TPWD:

Buffalo Soldiers Outreach Project & Exploring Texas Roots - An innovative cultural heritage education program targeting inner-city minority youth.
Cultural Resources - Learn about Archeology on the State Parks and Historic Sites.
Texas State Railroad - Ride the rails into East Texas' history
Military Reenactments, Living History and Other Special Events (updated quarterly) - From the Calendar of Events.
Texas Longhorns in State Parks - TPWD has the Official State Herd of this Texas legend.

Welcome to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Historic Sites!