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Fredericksburg Herb Farm-Organic herb garden featuring rows of care-
fully tended flowering, culinary, and ornamental herbs harvested for gourmet
vinegars, olive oils, seasonings, teas, blossom potpourris, wreaths, natural
bath potions and body fragrances. Hundreds of herb varieties, country store,
tearoom with herbal desserts, and bed and breakfast. Open Mon. - Sat. 9:30
a.m. - 5:30 p~m., Sun. 1 - 4 p.m. Tours and herbal luncheons welcome with
advance notice. 402 Whitney St., six blocks south on Milam, off Main Street;
210/997-8615.
Lady Bird Johnson Park-Excellent 190-acre municipal park features fully
equipped RV sites (fees), 18-hole golf course, swimming, tennis, volleyball,
badminton. Shaded picnic areas with grills, group pavilions. Small lake for
D boating, canoes, fishing, and pedal boats. Texas 16, 3.5 miles south.
Pioneer Memorial Library-Housed in restored structure that was
Gillespie County courthouse from 1882 to 1939. Library includes documents
and books brought by early German settlers. Open Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(Wed. 8 p.m.), Sat. 9 a-m. - 3 p.m. 115 W. Main.
Pioneer Museum Complex-Operated by Gillespie County Historical
Society, complex centers on eight-room furnished pioneer home and store,
built 1849, wine cellar and flagstone hof (yard); pioneer kitchens with open
hearths. Other structures include another home, barn, smokehouse, Sunday
house, and log cabin. Open daily except Tues. Apr. through Oct. 10 a.m. -
5 p.m.; Sun. I - 5 p.m.: in winter, Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sun. 1 - 5 p.m. 309
W. Main St. Admission.
Scenic Drives-R.M. 965 north through geologic and scenic beauty leads to
Enchanted Rock.
I.S. 87 to R.M. 648 to community of Doss. Texas 16 NW 13 mi., W on
F.M. 1323 to Willow City.
Sunday Houses-Tiny houses built by early settlers for use on weekends.
C From their farm and ranch homes miles away from town, early residents
would journey into Fredericksburg for Saturday marketing and church on
Sunday. Several of the small houses remain today, marked by historical
medallions. (Private residences, open only on occasional tours. Some now
is sene s bed & breakfast.)G Bell Mountain/Oberhellmann Vineyards, Fredericksburg
Vereins Kirche Museum-Reconstructed "coffee mill church," eight-
sided structure was first public building in city, serving as house of worship,
school, and meeting hall. Now holds archives, local history collection,
and archaeological items. Market Square on W. Main St., midtown. Open
from Mar. through Sept. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon. - Sat.; from October through
Feb., 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon. - Fri. Admission. Chamber of commerce office
is adjacent.
Visitor Information-Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce/Convention &
Visitors Bureau is at 106 N. Adams. Open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon. - Fri.; 9 a.m. -
noon, 1 - 5 p.m. Sat. Free information, maps, walking tour of historic district.
210 997-6523.
Wineries-Bell Mountain/Oberhellmann Vineyards: Operation began in
1974 with vineyards planted in abandoned fields; old-world-type buildings
house winery. Complimentary tours, tastings of Chardonnays, Reislings, and
Pinot Noir. Open Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. from March till mid-Dec. On Texas 16,
14 mi. north. 210/685-3297.
Pedernales Vineyards: Open Mon. - Sat. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. for tours and
tasting. Estate-bottled Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Texas 16
south 5.4 miles: 210/997-8326.cI
S-Freeport's monument to the shrimping industry
FREEPORT
Pop. 11,899Alt. 15
Map S-21
General-Founded 1912 by the Townsite
Company, a New York sulphur mining
group; now hub of Brazosport area with
variety of recreational, industrial, port, and
commercial fishing enterprises. Includes
Quintana, Texas' oldest seaport where Stephen F. Austin's first colonists
landed in 1822. Historic village of Velasco, where peace treaty between
Texas and Mexico was signed after Texas had won its independence on the
battlefield of San Jacinto (see DEER PARK), is now part of adjacent Surfside
Beach. Old Brazos River Harbor hosts a shrimp boat fleet.
For details on area attractions visit Brazosport Chamber of Commerce,
420 Texas 332 west.
The Acadia-Wreck of a Confederate blockade runner in shallow water off
Surfside Beach; boilers on ship still visible, accessible with scuba equipment.
The 160-ft. copper-clad side-wheeler was built for speed to elude federal
blockade ships during the War Between the States. The Acadia ran aground
the night of Feb. 6, 1865.
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge-See ANGLETON.
Bryan Beach State Recreation Area-On Gulf of Mexico, Intracoastal
Waterway and Brazos River. Activities include fishing, beach-type recreation,
primitive camping. Southwest 2 mi. on F.M. 1495, then 3 mi. south on Gulf
beach.
Fishing-Extensive facilities for fishing, both inshore and deep-sea. Local
jetties, piers and surf are popular spots for catches of speckled trout, drum,
redfish, sheepshead, flounder and gafftop; tackle and bait available nearby.
For deep-sea fishing there are party and charter fishing vessels for hire at
several docks. Offshore fishermen seek bonito, ling, marlin, snapper, dol-
phin, king mackerel, warsaw and sailfish.
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway-Slicing through lowlands near Surfside
Beach, canal is most valuable waterway in America, carrying as much annual
tonnage as the Panama Canal and more than twice that of St. Lawrence
Seaway. The protected waterway was authorized in 1942 and completed in
1949. Now stretches 1,066 miles from Brownsville, Texas, to Carrabelle,
Florida. Surfside bridge on Texas 332 east spans Intracoastal Waterway to
waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Quintana Beach County Park-Offers exceptional recreational facilities
on picturesque island. Day-use facilities include: paved, off-beach parking,
shaded pavilions, rest rooms, showers, multilevel fishing pier, and play-
ground. Two historic homes within park: Coveney House features period
museum and natural history display, and Seaburn House is park office.
Elevated boardwalks (all with wheelchair ramps) connect pavilions, rest
rooms, and showers.
RV facilities include 56 camping sites, full hookups, dump station, RV
bathhouse with rest rooms, showers, and laundry facilities. Reservations
accepted for camping. From Texas 288, take F.M. 1495 south 1.7 miles;
County Road 723 east three miles to park entrance. 409/849-5711, ext. 1541,
or 1-800-872-7578. Fees.
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