Texas Almanac, 1966-1967 Page: 39
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TOURING AND RECREATION
(See also Pages 12 to 161No state surpasses Texas in variety of
resources for recreation. These are easily
reached by auto or plane. A superior high-
way system is well marked and toll free,
permitting rapid travel for long distances,
usually without heavy traffic. Texas High-
way Department maintains more than a thou-
sand roadside parks, hospitality centers with
useful, attractive publications and many
markers to aid tourists.
Approximately 12 million visitors to Texas
each year spend an estimated $532,000,000. It
also is estimated that hunting and fishing ex-
penditures totaled $383 million in 1964.
Twenty thousand farmers and ranchmen re-
ceived $12 million for hunting and fishing
privileges.
In Texas, visitors often see their first
cowboys, ranches and rodeos, cotton fields
and citrus groves, oil fields, ghost towns and
other new, interesting sights.Children learn pleasantly as they visit the
Alamo, San Jacinto Battlefield, the Battle-
ship Texas, the birthplaces of two U.S. presi-
dents, the home of a vice-president, Sam
Houston's home, forts, missions and other
historic landmarks.
Texas' long coastline and several hundred
inland lakes attract those who enjoy fishing
and water sports. Wild game abounds. State
and national parks are located throughout
the state.
There are mountains a mile high; a semi-
tropical climate in South Texas; caves; sand
dunes; beautiful forests where Indians live in
a junglelike Big Thicket; dude ranches; sum-
mer camps; spring-fed streams and canyons
cut through hills and mountains.
Urban Texas includes several of the na-
tion's larger cities. They offer museums, li-
braries, art galleries and other cultural at-
tractions; parks and zoos; opportunities forRecreational variety in Texas is suggested by these scenes: (1) Boot Hill Cemetery at
Old Tascosa; (2) Sandhills Museum at Monahans; (3) French Legation Museum, Austin; and
a quiet spot on the San Antonio River in the heart of a bustling city.9
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Texas Almanac, 1966-1967, book, 1965; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth113808/m1/41/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.