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Colorado Bend State Park, located in the Hill Country region and features Gorman Falls, spelunking, biking, hiking, and other outdoor activities. [6] Rattlesnake round-up, annual event held by the Jaycees of Sweetwater, Texas. Zilker Zephyr, miniature railway attraction located in Zilker Park in Austin, Texas.
Right-of-way was sold to Austin and Northwestern Railroad in October 1881. The railroad built a park with a swimming pool, gazebo, baseball field, picnic grounds, and concessions stands in the summer of 1882. [1] The area's railroad tracks were used to transport pink granite from Granite Mountain to the Texas State Capitol in Downtown Austin. [1]
Auditorium shores is located on the south shore of Lady Bird Lake, immediately west of South 1st Street. To its south are the Long Center and Palmer Events Center.The Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail passes through the park from west to east near the shore; one of the trail's major trailheads adjoins Auditorium Shores. [1]
The living history park hopes to begin construction on the new exhibit next year. Info: $12 per person, members get in free, pioneerfarms.org Sept. 14: ¡VIVA Mexico!
The Austin Aqua Festival was created in 1962 to promote Austin and the Texas Highland Lakes as a top vacation area and to boost the local economy in what was normally a slow period. The first Aqua Fest occurred Aug. 3-12, 1962. Art Linkletter was the headliner for the event.
Sweetwater received a U.S. post office in 1879. The Texas and Pacific Railway arrived on March 12, 1881, beginning Sweetwater's long history as a railroad town. To encourage the railroads, Sweetwater increased its water supply by building City Lake in 1898 (now called Newman Park), and three further lakes thereafter.
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