Texas
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:05Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
1623 Central Blvd. #213
Brownsville, TX 78520-8326
Phone: 956-541-2785
The park preserves the large battlefield on which the first battle of the 1846-48 Mexican War took place. It portrays the battle and the war, and its causes and consequences, from the perspectives of both the U.S. and Mexico.
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:06Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
c/o Big Bend National Park
P.O. Box 129
Big Bend National Park, TX 79834-0129
Phone: 432-477-2251
A 196-mile strip on the American shore of the Rio Grande in the Chihuahuan Desert protects the river. It begins in Big Bend National Park and continues downstream to the Terrell-Val Verde county line. NO FEDERAL FACILITIES outside Big Bend National Park.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:06San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
2202 Roosevelt Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78210-4919
Phone: 210-534-8833
Four Spanish frontier missions, part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, are preserved here.
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