Featured Themes, Sites, and Cities
Destination Highlights
MA FERGUSON, EARLY MAN, AND ARTIST’S IMPRESSIONS
The Bell County Museum counts over 12,000 objects in its collection related to the Central Texas region, all housed in a renovated, restored, newly constructed, and historically adapted...
LONG LIVE THE KID
William Henry McCarty, Jr., better known as Billy the Kid, has been subject of numerous songs, legends, movies, books, and controversies, and had as many aliases (Bonney, Kid Atrim, William, Henry) as...
Williamson County, created in 1848, was named for Robert McAlpin Williamson, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto who acquired the nickname “Three-Legged Willie” due to the wooden prosthesis that replaced his lost limb. Early settlers were...
Travel Themes
WHISTLE STOP TOUR OR JUST THE TICKET
From Brownsville and Burton up to Mount Vernon and across to Sierra Blanca, train depots in Texas serve as museums, businesses, or active stations. At one time in our state's historic...
IN THE DETAILS
Our major museums, nationally-recognized institutions like the Amon Carter in Fort Worth, the Witte in San Antonio, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, help us connect to the world around us, bridging...
CENTER OF LEARNING
Funding for a Texas university system began as early as 1839 when the Congress of the Republic of Texas dedicated revenues from almost a quarter of a million acres of land to fund higher education....
