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The Haunting of "Contrabando"
- The "Contrabando" movie set is transformed into a haunted ghost town. Includes haunted house, games, refreshments, fortunetellers and ghost stories. Hours are 6:30 to 10 p.m. Address: Big Bend Ranch State Park , Presidio, Texas |
Fort Leaton State Historic Site is one of Texas' most unusual historic sites with a massive adobe fortress built by frontiersman, Ben Leaton, in 1848, immediately after the Mexican War at a strategic site on the Chihuahua-San Antonio Trail in arid West Texas by the Rio Grande.
Presidio, TX Historic FortsPrecious water from infrequent rains "stored" in natural rock basins; for centuries a strategic travel stop in this arid regi...
U.S. 90 spans arid, primitive land little changed since pioneers first made their way across it in creaking wagons. One of th...
The Town of Texon, Texas was founded in 1924 by the Big Lake Oil Company. Texon was established on the railroad line owned by...
Learn all about Texas and Southwestern history, including the background of the cattle industry and the individuals who began...