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Pop. 9,116Alt. 10
Map S-21
General-Site of antebellum sugar planta-
tions, in recent decades part of Brazosport
industrial-recreational-residential area
including contiguous towns such as
Freeport and Lake Jackson.
Brazosport Center for Arts & Sciences-Several productions annually at
both Little Theater and Music Theater. Brazosport Art Gallery-Museum:
Changing mixed-media exhibits every six weeks: oils, watercolors, sculpture,
photography. Open Tues. - Fri. & Sun., 2 - 5 p.m. Brazosport Museum of
Natural Science: Wildlife, fossils, rocks & minerals, and aquarium; feature is
largest shell collection on display in Southwest. Optn Tues. - Sat. 10 a.m. -
5 p.m.: Sun. 2 - 5 p.m. 400 College Dr.
Brazoria & San Bernard National Wildlife Refuges-See ANGLETON.
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San Jacinto County Museum in Coldspring is housed in restored jailCOLDSPRING
Pop. 566Alt. 356
Map 0-21
General-Founded 1847, called Coonskin.
Name successively changed to Firemen's
Hill and Cold Spring. Present seat of
San Jacinto County; crop, livestock
and lumber area.
Lake-Livingston. See LAKES listing.
Sam Houston National Forest-City is near eastern edge of forest. (See
NATIONAL FORESTS IN TEXAS at end of book.)
San Jacinto County Museum-Housed in handsome, restored jail, circa
1887 (a National Register structure). Cell block, hangman's drop and jailer's
quarters still extant. Museum interprets life of early settlers with farm and for
est implements, turn-of-the-century household articles, historic photos,
weapons, law enforcement artifacts. Open Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
on Slade St. in quaint Old Town area of Coldspring.
Scenic Drive-Several Forest Service Roads through Sam Houston National
Forest offer close views of tangled, undisturbed area known as the Big
Thicket. One such route is to Double Lake Recreation Area south of
Coldspring about 4 miles via Texas 150 west, F.M. 2025 and a Forest
Service Road.COLEMAN
Pop. 5,344Alt. 1,710
Map M-14
General-Founded 1876 on Hords Creek,
area of rolling, grassy plains and wide bot-
* tom lands. A typical frontier settlement, first
store hardly completed before a cemetery
was laid out for loser in cowboy gunfight.
Today seat of Coleman County. Area still devoted to large scale ranching;
additional income from oil, natural gas, limestone, and high-grade glass sand
from Santa Anna Mountain eight miles southeast.Hords Creek Lake Park in Coleman
Coleman lies on U.S. 84, a segment of the Ports to Plains Highway con-
necting the state's heartland to coastal ports.
Coleman City Park-Includes museum (see below), and pioneer black-
smith shop, picnic and playground areas amid shady trees along Hords Creek
at U.S. 283 north.
Coleman County Museum-Pioneer clothes, dishes, farm equipment,
documents, saddles, barbed wire, and larger-than-life horse statue, brought to
Coleman in 1884 to display saddles. Open Jun. - Aug. Fri - Wed.; Apr., May,
Sept. Sat., Sun. afternoons. In replica of Camp Colorado, City Park Complex.
Lakes-Coleman and Hords Creek. See LAKES listing.
Warbird Museum-Flying museum features vintage WW II and Korean
War planes; restored and flown by members of the museum. Inventory
changes periodically. Open Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Coleman Municipal
Airport. Take U.S. 84 north to F.M. 206, NE to Airport Rd.
COLLEGE STATION-See BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION, Page 103.COLORADO CITY
Pop. 4,753
Gene
on priAlt. 2,067
Map K-11
-al-In 1877 a Texas Ranger camp
sent townsite was first knownAnglo-American settlement. Town became
boisterous frontier supply point and recre-
ation center. Today center of rich agriculturalregion that includes extensive industry related to petroleum. Seat of Mitchell
County.
Warbird Museum in Coleman specializes in restorations
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