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STATE PARKS &
HISTORICAL SITES
FORT GRIFFIN STATE PARK
15 miles North of Albany, U.S. 283, Albany; (915) 762-3592; Open Daily 85;
Military History; $2 Car Park Entrance.
CADDOAN MOUNDS SITE
6 miles southwest of Alto, State Highway 21, Alto; (409) 858-3218; Open
Wednesday-Sunday 8-5; Prehistoric Site; Adults $1, Children 50.
McKINNEY FALLS STATE PARK
9 m. south of Austin, U.S. 183, 2 m. west on Scenic Dr., (512) 243-2177; Open
Thurs-Mon 9-12, 1-6; Tues-Wed 9-12,1-3; Natural History, History; $2 Entrance.
SEMINOLE CANYON STATE PARK
9 miles west of Comstock, U.S. 90; Comstock; (915) 292-4464; Open Daily 85;
Prehistory/History; $2 Car Park Entrance.
MAGOFFIN HOME HISTORIC SITE
1120 Magoffin Avenue, El Paso; (915) 533-5147; Open Wednesday-Sunday 94;
Historic House; Adults $2, Students/Children $1.
ADM. NIMITZ STATE HISTORICAL PARK/MUSEUM
340 E. Main, Fredericksburg, (512) 997-4379; Open daily 8-5; ChesterNimitz
and Pacific War, historic building, military exhibits; Adults $3, Children $1.50
GOLIAD STATE HISTORICAL PARK
One m. south of Goliad, U.S. 183, Goliad; (512) 645-3405; Open Daily 8-5;
History; $2 Car Park Entrance.
LIENDO PLANTATION
2.3 miles east of Hempstead off 1488 on Wyatt Chapel Rd. Information and
reservations, (409) 826-3126 or (409) 826-3883. Open first Sat of each month, $5.
CADDO LAKE STATE PARK
14 miles northeast of Marshall, State Highway 43, Karnack; (214) 679-3351;
Open Daily 8-5; Natural History, History; $2 Car Park Entrance.
MONUMENT HILL AND KREISCHE BAKERY
2 miles south of La Grange on Spur 92, La Grange; (409) 968-5658; Open daily
8-5; History; Adults $1, Children 50.
STARR FAMILY HISTORICAL PARK
407 W. Travis St., Marshall; (903) 935-3044; 9-5 daily except Tues, a nd Sun 1-5;
Home ofJames F. Starr, son ofJames H. Starr, Sec. /Treasury, Rep. of Texas; $3/person,
Children $1.
BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK
15 miles south of Richmond, FM 762, Needville; (409) 553-3243; Call for
hours; Natural History; $2 Car Park Entrance.
CAPROCK CANYONS STATE PARK
3 miles west of Quitaque, S.H. 86, Quitaque; (806) 455-1492; Open daily;
Prehistory, Natural History; $2 Car Park.
TEXAS STATE RAILROAD PARK
U.S Hwy 85 between Rusk and Palestine, Rusk; (214) 683-2561; Schedule
varies; Historic Building, Site, History, Technology; Adults $8, Children $6
(round trip)
JOSE ANTONIO NAVARRO STATE HISTORIC SITE
228 South Laredo, San Antonio; (512) 226-4801; Open Tuesday-Saturday 104;
Historic House, Furnishings; Adults $1, Children 25.
YTURRI-EDMUNDS HISTORIC SITE
257 Yellowstone at Mission Tr., San Antonio; (512) 224-6163; Mon-Sat 10-4 or
Sun, noon -4 p.m.
FORT LANCASTER STATE HISTORIC SITE
6 miles east of Sheffield, U.S. 290, Sheffield; (915) 836-4391; Open Daily 85;
Military History; Adults $1, Children 25.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON STATE PARK
1 mile east of Stonewall, U.S. 290, Stonewall; (512) 644-2252; Open Daily 85;
History, Living History Farm.WASHINGTON-on-the-BRAZOS PARK
P.O. Box 305, Washington; (409) 878-2214; Park and Independence Hall
replica; Open daily 8-dark; Anson Jones Home 10-12, 1-4:30; Adults $1,
Children 50; Open 8-5, exhibits; movie "Independence" shown 10-4;
Bluebonnet Trail March-May.Thle Texas Historical Fouoinallllon
gratefully acknowledges tlie sIpport
of1 its sponsors$1,000.00
THF Board &
Executive Committee
Members
$250.00
Mary Ann & H.E. Carrico,
Houston
Carl & Linda Dudensing,
Houston
$100.00
Bob Bowman, Lufkin
Stephen L. Boyd, Houston
Becky & Chris Butschek,
Austin
J.R. Henry, Canyon
Frederic J. Openheimer,
San Antonio
Ruth Peebles, Livingston
Caroline Ross, Kilgore
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R.P. Scripps, Fredericksburg
James C. Teel, Fort Worth
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Fort Worth
R.C. Vaughan, Sherman
$50.00
George Kitchel, Houston
Martha Philebar,
New Braunfels
Jon St. Clair, Austin
$25-35.00
Voy & Elizabeth Althaus,
Fredericksburg
Spencer Brown, WacoRobert T. Coursey, Dallas
James H. Croom Jr.,
Fredericksburg
William L. Hall, Dallas
Robert Hausser,
San Antonio
Albert G. Hill, Dallas
John T. Hooper, Houston
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Arlington
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San Antonio
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Bellaire
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Conroe
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Henry H. Norrid, Amarillo
Tim Perttula, Austin
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C.A. Rothenflue, Lindale
Carl & Janice Shannon,
Houston
Smith County Historical
Society, Tyler
William F. Spiller,
Houston
Less Than $20.00
Ret. Major Gen.
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C.H. Benckenstein of Beaumont
In memory of Clara Lee Benckenstein
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