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Fort Parker State Park is a state park near the City of Mexia in Limestone County, Texas, United States. The city of Mexia and three local landowners donated the land creating the park in 1935. [3] From 1935 to 1942, Civilian Conservation Corps Company 3807 (C) built roads, recreational facilities, the concession building and a 423-foot (129 m ...
Texas historical marker in Crowell, Texas. The Fort Parker massacre, also known as the Fort Parker raid, was an event in which a group of Texian colonists were killed in an attack by a contingent of Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo, and Wichita raiders at Fort Parker on May 19, 1836. During the attack, Cynthia Ann Parker, then approximately nine years ...
Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas. • minimum. 0.76 m 3 /s (27 cu ft/s) • maximum. 2,390 m 3 /s (84,000 cu ft/s) The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, United States. It is about 125 miles (201 km) long, beginning near Mount Calm [2] and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos, Grimes, and Washington counties converge.
Fees for passes vary by park, but if you have a Texas State Park Pass, the fees will be waived. ... Cleburne State Park. Fort Parker State Park. Cedar Hill State Park. Purtis Creek State Park.
Parker County, Texas. / 32.78°N 97.81°W / 32.78; -97.81. Parker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 148,222. [ 1] The county seat is Weatherford. [ 2] The county was created in 1855 and organized the following year. [ 3]
Confederate Reunion Grounds is a Texas historic site located near Mexia, Limestone County, Texas at the confluence of the Navasota River and Jack's Creek. From 1889–1946, Confederate Civil War veterans and families reunited at the site during late-July or early-August, camping under the giant bur oaks, enjoying speeches, concerts, dances, fellowship and food, and raising funds for families ...
Fort Boggy State Park: Leon 1,847 acres (747 ha) 1985 Fort Boggy State Park: Fort Leaton State Historic Site: Presidio 23.4 acres (9.5 ha) 1973 Fort Leaton State Historic Site: Fort Parker State Park: Limestone 1,458.8 acres (590.4 ha) 1941 Fort Parker State Park: Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site, and Lost Creek Reservoir State ...
The Parker County Peach Festival is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 13. The event is located on the square in the historic Downtown Weatherford, about 20 miles west of Fort Worth ...