Balmorhea, Texas
Balmorhea was etablished by a firm of land promoters in 1906. The town site was in the center of a 14,000-acre tract watered by the famous San Solomon Springs. Today Balmorhea remains a center of irrigated farming.
Balmorhea was etablished by a firm of land promoters in 1906. The town site was in the center of a 14,000-acre tract watered by the famous San Solomon Springs. Today Balmorhea remains a center of irrigated farming.
At historic San Solomon Springs, facilities include motel with meeting room, camping and trailer sites, rest rooms with hot showers, shaded picnic areas, and playground. Huge walled swimming pool is fed by the springs at rate of 22-26 million gallons daily. With 62,000
Balmorhea, TX State ParksThis 14-ft. bronze sculpture by John Houser honors the priest who founded the area's first mission. The statue, in Pioneer Pl...
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Alley Oop, comic strip caveman, was created by V.T. Hamlin while he lived in Iraan. Visitors can see Alley Oop and Dinny in g...
Typical frontier military post established 1858 as Camp Stockton; abandoned in 1886. Fort consisted of 35 buildings made of a...
Restored country inn, c. 1912; sturdy, turn-of-the-century oak furniture, second-story veranda and glassed-in sunporch with r...