Spring Birds Return Amid Cold Snap at Wimberley
Nature notes from Wimberley on March 30 1970 report robins returning as harbingers of spring with hummingbirds and purple martins arriving earlier than usual. Brown headed cowbirds in droves, house finches feeding at hummer feeders, and new visitors like black crested titmouse mix with early wildflowers such as bluebonnets and redbud blooming around San Marcos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberley
Robins
Ren Dee
Papa Blackchinned
Papa
Bakers Down Creek
Dees
Paradise Valley
Cypress Creek
Grandpa Martin
San Marcos
Texas
Virginia
Hill Country Trail Overview
The Texas Hill Country Trail covers a wide South-Central Texas area with a mild climate, varied land and water features, and abundant outdoor recreation. It includes parts of the Edwards Plateau and Llano Uplift with clear streams and jewel-like lakes. farming is limited to green valleys as ranching dominates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Travel Trails Highlight Near Wimberley
Jim Garner describes the Texas Travel Trails, a set of five to six hundred mile marked highway routes created for Hemis Fair visitors. The route between Austin and Wimberley passes Hill Country ranches, goats, sheep, deer, and scenic geologic features along the Blanco River with a roadside overlook four miles south of Wimberley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Garner
Acapulco
Paris
Texas
Austin
Wimberley
United States
Blanco River
Texan travel trails draw out of state visitors to Texas
The Texas Highway Department won a national award for ten travel trails Brazos Forts Forest Hill Country Independence lakes mountain Pecos Plains and tropical reflecting state geography and history. Wimberley Chamber of Commerce promotes tourism with arts crafts galleries ranches and outdoor recreation. Pioneertown at 7-A Ranch Resort recreates Old West life with a frontier street and summer melodramas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Brazos
Forts
Independence
Pecos
Wimberley
Pioneertown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wimberley Mill
Nature Notes
G. B. Clayton
Wimberley Children's Center
Wade Wilson
Hill Country Trail
Driftwood
A.K.C
James J. Phelan
Rim Rock
Hill Country
Boyd Tingle
R. B. Kerbow
Pat
Jackie
RIM Rock Ranch
P.O. Box
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!