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Cummins Creek in Lee County, Texas, rises near Giddings and runs southeast through Lee, Fayette, and Colorado counties for sixty-five miles to its mouth on a horseshoe bend of the Colorado River, opposite Columbus. The stream is named for James (Jack) Cummins, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, who was granted the land at its mouth ...
From 1875 until 1880, the Chisholm Trail, also referred to as the Eastern Trail, became a feeder route into the Western Trail. Western Trail feeder routes extended from Brownsville, Texas, through San Antonio, Bandera, Texas, and the Kerrville area. The Red River was crossed at Doan's Crossing. In 1881, Doan noted that the trail reached its ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Texas.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Lake Mineral Wells State Park: Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway - includes Birch Creek Unit and Nails Creek Unit Burleson, Lee 5,520 acres (2,233.9 ha) 1970 Lake Summerville State Park: Lake Tawakoni State Park: Hunt 376 acres (14,900 ha) 1984 Lake Tawakoni State Park: Lake Whitney State Park: Hill 1,280.7 acres (518.3 ha) 1965 Two ...
Giddings High School is a 9th-12th grade campus located in Giddings, Texas. The campus is a member of District 13-AAAA Div.2 with an enrollment of 657 students. The Texas Department of Juvenile Justice (formerly the Texas Youth Commission) operates the Giddings State School in unincorporated Lee County, near Giddings. [25]
Texas Animal Health Commission. The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) is a state agency of Texas. Its headquarters are located at 2105 Kramer Lane in Austin. [1] The commission exists to help protect the health of livestock within the state. [2] The TAHC was founded in 1893 to address the Texas fever tick problem.
The State of Texas (United States) has designated numerous trail systems and nature preserves as part of the "Great Texas Wildlife Trails." These are broken into four major trail systems. Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail ; Seabrook Trail System; Heart of Texas Wildlife Trail (Central Texas) Panhandle Plains Wildlife Trail
Big Lake Bottom WMA Anderson County: Purchased 1990 Area 2 Black Gap WMA Brewster County: Approximately 103,000 acres/additional 16,000 acres being added Located 55 miles south of Marathon Big Bend National Park The Texas Game and Oyster Commission purchased 54,000 acres from the Combs Cattle Company in 1948. Location is 55 miles south of Marathon.