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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:

Caprock Canyons - Site of Lake Theo Paleoindian archeological excavation.

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:

Fanthorp Inn - A stagecoach inn during the Republic and Early Statehood.
Fort Leaton - Adobe fortress built in 1848, by scalphunter Ben Leaton.
Goliad - Site of restored Spanish mission, Espiritu Santo de Zuniga.
Kreische Brewery - Ruins of a unique 1870s German brewery.
Port Isabel Lighthouse - Mid-19th century beacon for South Texas shipping.
Sebastopol House - An 1850s Greek Revival house, built of concrete!
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 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

San Jacinto Battleground - Where Texas won independence from Mexico.

20th Century

Battleship TEXAS - Restored dreadnought, veteran of two World Wars.

Commemorative Sites:

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 T.P.W.D. 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.