Example Project #1
Project Name: Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center
Location: Town of Langtry, Val Verde County
Project Description: This project provided pedestrian tails for
the visitors center and preservation of historic structures and exhibits
to the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center complex, a Texas Travel Information
Center. An historic railroad boxcar and opera house were also restored
and serve as exhibit facilities. For more information, visit the
Travel Information Center web site.
District or Division: Laredo District
Federal Funds: $140,560
Federal Funds: $69,713
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Entrance to Judge Roy Bean Visitor's
Center in the town of Langtry. |
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Overview of the Judge Roy Bean Complex
with trails, including the Judge Roy Bean Saloon, Opera House and
Visitor's Center. |
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Native vegetation adorns the landscape
of the complex and trails. |
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Interior of the visitor's center not
only provides visitors with information, but also has diorama
displays and a video theater. |
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Exterior restoration of the opera house
was part of a preservation effort to protect the visitor center
complex's remaining historic structures. (Opera aficionado looks
on.) |
Example Project #2
Project Name: The Old San Antonio Road Historic Highway Program
Location: Atascosa, Frio and Medina Counties
Project Description: The Old San Antonio Road (OSR) has been
identified by Scenic America as one of the nation's 20 most important
national scenic byways. Scenic America has also identified the OSR as
one of the ten most endangered scenic byways, as the educational value
and identity of the route is being lost. This project included planning,
design and development of activities along the route in Frio, Atascosa
and Medina counties. Preservation of the road included development of
brochures identifying sites while also educating the public about the
road's historic significance.
District or Division: San Antonio District
Federal Funds: $69,713
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Signs along the road help designate the
route and provide information to the general public. |
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Mission San Jose founded in 1720, is one
of five missions established in the San Antonio area that was served
by the historic transportation route. |
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Now known as the "Landmark Inn", this
historic inn in Castroville still serves travelers with a place to
stay as it did for stagecoach passengers in the early 1800s. |
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El Camino Real consisted of a network of
roads winding from Presidio, on the Texas/Mexico border, into
central and east Texas and beyond. |
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