I would suggest a trip out to Fredericksburg and Enchanted Rock. The former
is an 1840s town founded by German immigrants, and has some great
architecture and a monument to the town's nonagression treaty with the
Comanche, which was one of the few never to be broken. It is also home to
the Chester W. Nimitz museum. Enchanted Rock is a few miles north of there,
and is a gigantic granite eminence, great for hiking. Johnson City is on the
road to Fredericksburg from Austin, which has LBJ's childhood home... if
that is of interest to you. Also, roughly along the way is Pedernales Falls,
a beautiful place and fun to climb around on.



On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:38 AM, Gaye Nayton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hi all
>
>
>
> I am going to the SHA conference in Texas and want to look around Texas
> afterwards to see how they present their historic heritage. So:
>
> .         what are the best must see western/historic heritage attractions
> in the state (I am already going to the Alamo) are there any natural
> wonders
> I should not miss?
>
> .         I am on my own so does anyone know of any great tours (small
> groups though not bus loads) or ways to organise for a personalised tour/s.
> I had a great time in Arizona when a docent of the Flagstaff museum drove
> me
> around her part of the state and introduced me to all the locals she knew
> who did public archaeology or archaeology. A student at the uni also took
> me
> on a personalised day tour of the Painted Desert. I paid the student for
> the
> tour and the docent by buying up big at her museum as she would not take
> payment. Satisfaction all around.
>
> .         Can anyone recommend a dude ranch experience. There are lots to
> choose from but it's hard to tell the duds from the good ones from the
> advertising.
>
>
>
> I have always wanted to go to Texas, having been raised on a steady diet of
> B grade westerns. Now I have the chance I don't want to miss anything.
>
>
>
> Cheers Gaye
>



-- 
Carl G. Carlson-Drexler, MA
Department of Anthropology
College of William & Mary
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