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Camp Wood Public Library, March 2011 Scenic view from Texas State Highway 55 south of Camp Wood, March 2011. As of the census [4] of 2000, 822 people, 281 households, and 198 families resided in the city. The population density averaged 1,629.8/mi 2 (634.8/km 2). The 352 housing units averaged 697.9/mi 2 (271.8/km 2).
Leander H. McNelly was born March 12, 1844, in Follansbee, Virginia (today West Virginia), to P.J. McNelly and his wife Mary Downey.McNelly suffered from consumption as a child, and in 1860 his family moved to Texas in the hope that the climate would improve his health.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Camp County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Camp County, Texas. There is one district listed in the county. This district also contains Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas — the current epicenter of a standoff with the federal government — was named after a Confederate military leader who fled to Mexico in 1865 rather than ...
Mt Coolidge Fire Lookout Custer State Park still in service; Battle Mountain Fire Lookout, Hot Springs, SD, Fall River Co, 4,363', 22' tower; Seth Bullock/Scruton Mt Fire Lookout, Pennington Co, SD, 5,817', wood tower built in 1939, replaced 1975 with metal tower; SD Lookout Towers that no longer exist: Crook's Tower; Crow's Nest Peak; Signal ...
Ranch to Market Road 337 (RM 337) is a ranch-to-market road in Real and Bandera counties in Texas, United States, that connects Texas State Highway 55 (SH 55) in Camp Wood with Texas State Highway 16 (SH 16) in Medina. Passing through the canyonland of the Texas Hill Country northwest of San Antonio, the route is noted
By the early 1830s, the Mexican War of Independence had subsided, and some 60 to 70 families had settled in Texas—most of them from the United States. Because there was no regular army to protect the citizens against attacks by native tribes and bandits, in 1823, Stephen F. Austin organized small, informal armed groups whose duties required them to range over the countryside, and who thus ...
TPWD publishes Texas Parks and Wildlife, a monthly magazine available both in print and online editions. The magazine features articles and full-color photos on topics such as birding, boating, camping, fishing, hunting, state parks, travel, wildlife, and environmental issues. Texas Parks and Wildlife has been in publication since 1942. [14]