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Texas National Parks
Texas National Parks
Below is a list of Texas National Parks. Find detailed information on the National Park entries by clicking on their links.
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American Memorial Park
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Category: Saipan National Park in Texas
Description of this Texas Attraction: American Memorial Park honors the American and Marianas people who gave their lives during the Marianas Campaign of World War II. Over 5000 names are inscribed on a memorial which was dedicated June 15, 1994, during the 50th anniversary of the Invasion of Saipan. The Memorial rests at the park's Court of Honor and Flag Circle, where the U.S. flag proudly flies 24 hours a day, surrounded by the flags of the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard. As a "living memorial", the park offers activities, such as baseball, bicycling, running, tennis, picnicking, and swimming, enjoyed over half a century ago by American service men and women. Within the 133-acre boundary are beaches, sports fields, picnic sites, boat marinas, playgrounds, walkways, and a 30-acre wetland and mangrove forest.
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Fort Davis National Historic Site
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Category: Fort Davis National Park near Odessa, Texas
Description of this Odessa area Attraction: Set in the rugged beauty of the Davis Mountains of west Texas, Fort Davis is one of America's best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and the Chihuahua Trail, and to control activities on the southern stem of the Great Comanche War Trail and Mescalero Apache war trails. Fort Davis is important in understanding the presence of African Americans in the West and in the frontier military because the 24th and 25th U.S. Infantry and the 9th and 10th U.S. Cavalry, all-black regiments established after the Civil War, were stationed at the post.
Today, twenty-four roofed buildings and over 100 ruins and foundations are part of Fort Davis National Historic Site. Five of the historic buildings have been refurnished to the 1880s, making it easy for visitors to envision themselves being at the fort at the height of its development.
Fort Davis National Historic Site was authorized as a unit of the National Park System in 1961.
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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Category: Salt Flat National Park in Texas
Description of this Texas Attraction: Rising from the desert, this mountain mass contains portions of the world's most extensive and significant Permian limestone fossil reef. Also featured are a tremendous earth fault, lofty peaks, unusual flora and fauna, and a colorful record of the past. Guadalupe Peak, highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet; El Capitan, a massive limestone formation; McKittrick Canyon, with its unique flora and fauna; and the "Bowl", located in a high country conifer forest, are significant park features.
While scenic driving in the park is limited to one 4X4 road, there are over 80 miles of trails that offer a wide range of opportunities for exploring. Other available activities include: backpacking, camping and wildlife viewing. Visitors may also see ruins of a stage station, or visit the Frijole Ranch History Museum (open intermittently).
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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
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Category: San Antonio National Park in Texas
Description of this San Antonio Attraction: Four Spanish frontier missions, part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries, are preserved here. They include Missions San Jose, San Juan, Espada, and Concepcion. The park, containing many cultural sites along with some natural areas, was established in 1978. The park covers about 819 acres.
*********************************** Volunteer Opportunity, now through November 2004
Archeological Dig at Mission Concepcin
Have you ever wanted to participate in an archeological excavation? Here is your opportunity to learn from professional archeologists, while helping in the preservation of historic 18th century ruins. Volunteers will be given an overview and training. No experience or tools are necessary. Teenagers are welcome; parent/guardian must sign volunteer form before work starts.
Digs will be every Tuesday and Thursday during September, October, and November (except 11/11 and 11/25) from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Regular volunteer days will continue on the second Saturday of each month. Mission Concepcin is located at 807 Mission Road.
For more information, visit UTSA's Center for Archeological Research web page (link is to the left). Or call 210.534.1540 for last minute updates.
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