Texas camping gains pace with private sites and trailers
The article notes a booming Texas camping scene as millions hit open spaces from Big Bend to Padre Island. It highlights limited public campgrounds, new outdoor recreation programs, and expanding private trailer pads across Cameron County and along the coast from Galveston to Port Arthur.
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Big Bend
Padre Island
Texas
Falcon
Garger State Park
Hunterville
Forest Service
South Padre Island
Port Isabel
Cameron County
Rockport
Bay City
Coast Line
Galveston
Port Arthur
Sanctuary South of Highway 281 Opens to Hunters
A Texas Parks and Wildlife action opens a 120 mile long area south of Highway 83 and 381 from Starr to Brownsville to dove hunting. The former sanctuary in Starr Zapata and Cameron Counties, established in 1914 for white winged dove and chachalaca, will now allow hunters access to birds roosting there but feeding across the Rio Grande.
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Parks and Wildlife Commission
Starr,ardaigo
Cameron Counties
Rio Grande River
Starr - Zapata
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Mexico
Commission
Lighthouse Notes and Leisure From Padre Island Visit
A columnist shares casual reflections on a Benson Arizona Boy Scout visit to Padre Island noting sun glare challenges for photos, coastal leisure, and local sightseeing. The piece also mentions aquarium baby mollies and a humorous filing system anecdote about a newspaper worker, ending with a chuckle at improving his own organization.
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007
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Explorer Post
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Dievor Howard
John Richardson
Raquel Welch
Chuck Roast
Hormel
Kimbell
Oleo
Mission Blue Lake
Yarborough Coffee
Musselman's
Jar
van Camp
Kral
Macaroni
Rogelein
PET
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