Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

All of Texas' best fests, fairs, fandangos, and fiestas

"...pile of ruins. The structure was rebuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corps using the foundation and guesswork to follow..."

April 3, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Goliad State Park & Historic Site, Goliad

Spanish colonial mission site offers a historical outdoor experience

"...been abandoned for more than 100 years when the Civilian Conservation Corps began reconstruction in 1935. The current mission..."

March 7, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Balmorhea, Big Bend, Boquillas, Bois d'Arc, and blueberries

"...share of troubles the last few years. The spring-fed Civilian Conservation Corps-built pool closed in 2018 because of structural..."

May 31, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Mother Neff State Park, Moody

Texas’ first state park is still going strong after nearly 90 years

"...The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the basic infrastructure of the park..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: National Hall of Fame Cemetery of Fox Hounds, Shelbyville

The hounds are silent, but not forgotten

"...Field Campground. It's a heavily wooded area with a Civilian Conservation Corps-built pavilion, RV hookups, restrooms, and an amphitheatre..."

June 23, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Catch up on Texas travel news and plan some spring sightseeing

"...D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6101, which established the Civilian Conservation Corps. The work of 3 million Americans around..."

April 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Fort Parker State Park

Park between Mexia and Groesbeck is renowned for its sunsets

"...A company of African American men with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the roads, trails, dam, and..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

News from Hueco Tanks, Black's Barbecue, and lots more

"...building of Huntsville State Park by companies of the Civilian Conservation Corps to Medal of Honor recipients to the..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Balmorhea is back, baby!

"...and the pool built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps was closed again until early June. Because..."

June 29, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Get hip to these timely travel tips

"...Built in 1932 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Indian Lodge has commanded a mountain view..."

July 3, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Tucker Tower, Okla.

Stone castle tower provides spectacular view of Oklahoma's Lake Murray State Park

"...Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depres­sion, the park south..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Lost Pines Found

How a handful of neighbors helped rebuild Bastrop County – one home at a time

"...the park burned, but 100 acres and the historic Civilian Conservation Corps structures, including clusters of cabins built in..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Day Trips

Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was the beginning of European settlement in East Texas

"...the site of Mission Tejas. A unit of the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the park, including an inexact replica..."

May 11, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Wildfire News Update

Latest info from county, state and school districts UPDATED

"...saved, but two historic observation towers, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, have been damaged, and several TPWD employees..."

Sept. 6, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

Texas has many spring-fed pools to keep you cool despite the heat

"...day. The pool was completed in 1941 by the Civilian Conservation Corps...."

July 15, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Caddo Lake State Park is one of the most unique environments in the state, and it has a beauty all its own

"...was originally carved out of the woods by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Their handiwork is still..."

April 1, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Avoid Garner State Park between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and you'll have a great nature experience

"...built of native rock constructed in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, gives the park a historic feel. On..."

April 16, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Walk in Austin's Shoes

Curious tidbits and Austin arcana

"...historic bathhouse built in the 1930s by the federal Civilian Conservation Corps (what we now call a "public option")...."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Day Trips

A replica of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas is the centerpiece of the Mission Tejas State Park north of Crockett

"...the Mission Tejas State Park north of Crockett. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the log chapel near where a..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Recurring Character

Four Texas writers on fathers and sons

"...Rockdale, then at a creamery in LaGrange, joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, then the army at the outbreak of..."

June 17, 2005 Books Feature

Day Trips

The Canyon of the Eagles on Lake Buchanan outside of Burnet is as special as its name implies

"...best hotel bargains in the state. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Thirties, the hotel has been..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Kerrville-Schreiner Park is no longer a state park, but it is better than ever

"...The log stockade and campgrounds were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Rather than let the state close the..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...director of the preserve. "It was inspired by the [Civilian Conservation Corps]-built park facilities. The building is user-friendly and..."

April 4, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...state parks, and during the Depression, companies of the Civilian Conservation Corps built many of the park facilities that..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The venerable, towering National Forests of Texas.

"...During the Great Depression, one of the Civilian Conservation Corps' projects was to re-seed Texas' forests. Unfortunately,..."

June 1, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The geologic magnificence of Palo Duro Canyon.

"...parks board purchased 15,103 acres. That same year the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), including several African-American companies, set up..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Rails have been turned to trails at Lake Mineral Wells State Park.

"...overlook into the canyon below was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s to blend into its..."

June 9, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...The Civilian Conservation Corps built the backbone of the Texas park..."

April 23, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Work on the park was begun by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933, four months after President Franklin..."

April 16, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Park Acquistion By Decade

"...Historical Park system was laid down by the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, over half of the current state parks..."

April 16, 1999 News Feature

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