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Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in central Texas about 50 miles (80 km) west of Austin in the Texas Hill Country. [4] The park protects the birthplace, home, ranch , and grave of Lyndon B. Johnson , 36th president of the United States . [ 5 ]
Pedernales River as it passes through the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall. Stonewall is located in eastern Gillespie County on the Pedernales River, in the Hill Country of central Texas. U.S. Route 290 passes through the community, leading west 14 miles (23 km) to Fredericksburg, the Gillespie County seat, and east 15 miles (24 km) to Johnson City.
Ranch Road 1 (RR 1) is a 6.587-mile (10.6 km) state road in Gillespie and Blanco counties, in the central region of Texas, United States.It begins at U.S. Route 290 (US 290) in Stonewall, running along the Pedernales River through Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, the late President Lyndon Johnson's former ranch, and through Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site, before ...
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site - includes Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm: Gillespie 732.75 acres (297 ha) 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site: Martin Creek Lake State Park: Rusk 286.9 acres (116.1 ha) 1976 Martin Creek Lake State Park: Martin Dies, Jr. State Park: Jasper, Tyler 730 acres (300 ha) 1965
The park has a large visitor center complex with an interpretive center about Johnson's life. Tours of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park are by permit only and are by self-guided driving tour departing from the state park's visitor center. The park offers recreational facilities for swimming, tennis and baseball.
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) National Grassland is a national grassland located in the Great Plains of the northern part of the U.S. state of Texas near Decatur, and within an hour's drive from Fort Worth. It is primarily used for recreation, such as hiking, camping, horseback riding, fishing, and hunting.
Johnson City was founded by James P. Johnson who donated a 320-acre (130 ha) site on the Pedernales River for the founding of the town in 1879. [7] [9] [10] It was the hometown of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States. The county seat of Blanco County was moved to Johnson City in 1890. [10]
In 1908, future President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson was born in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales River. Johnson became the Vice President of the United States in 1961 and subsequently President of the United States. His ranch at Stonewall was known as the Texas White House. Tourism became an important industry. [37]