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|   Building Aransas National Wildlife Refuge -- Austwell TX USA
in Civilian Conservation Corps The Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (now known as the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge) was created in 1937 as the by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration posted by:  Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryE7.1 km |  Q 594 (AN0406) -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The only remnant of Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 880, which built the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in the late 1930s-early 1940s, is a concrete flagpole and base, with this benchmark on it. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/17/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
 view galleryE7.1 km |  Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge -- Austwell TX USA
in WPA Projects The Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (now known as the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge) was created in 1937 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, built by CCC Company 880, and administered by the WPA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
 view galleryE7.1 km |  CCC Camp 880 Flagpole - Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Austwell TX USA
in Preserved Architectural Remnants and Ruins All that remains of the large camp constructed by and for for Civilian Conservation Corps Company 880, which built the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, is the concrete base the concrete support for the camp's flagpole posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view gallery NE8 km
|  King of the Marsh -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA
in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the Big George, the King of the Marsh, in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, along the hiking trail over the slough posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  Pollinator Garden -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX
in Butterfly Gardens A beautiful pollinator garden at the brand-new visitor center for the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Austwell TX will help support the hummingbirds butterflies and bugs that also call the ANWR home posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 05/04/2022 last visited: 10/20/2022 |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  Monarch Waystation -- Pollinator Garden, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA
in Insect Hotels The Monarch waystation at the Pollinator Garden at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Austwell TX, supports shelters sustains and nourishes migrating Monarch butterflies posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/17/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  Counting Display “Plastic Bottles Saved” - Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA
in Counting and Measuring Displays A water bottle filler that counts plastic bottles saved per water bottle refill near the restrooms at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge visitor center, in Austwell TX USA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryNE8.4 km | Freshwater Slough -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the Freshwater Slough in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, one of two flora and fauna signs at this location. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryNE8.4 km | American Alligator -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the American Alligator in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, one of two flora and fauna signs at this freshwater slough location. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryNE8.7 km |  Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Austwell TX USA
in Birdwatching Locations If you want to fill out your life list of birds, the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in the Coastal Bend of Texas is where you want to be. It is the only place where you can see the last wild nesting population of Whooping Cranes. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryNE8.7 km |  Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Austwell TX USA
in National Wildlife Refuges The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Austwell, Texas, is located west of Port Lavaca and east of Rockport off the Texas State Highway 35 posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryE8.7 km | Water for Wildlife -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign at Jones Lake in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryE9.3 km | Whooping Crane -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the Whooping Cranes in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, one of two flora and fauna signs at this location. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
 view galleryE9.3 km | In the Marshes and Estuaries -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the wildlife in the estuaries and marshes in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, one of two flora and fauna signs at this location. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
 view galleryE9.3 km |  E. Frank Johnson - Austwell, TX
in Citizen Memorials A citizen memorial for E. Frank Johnson at the top of the 40 foot observation tower deck overlooking the whooping crane habitat at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryE9.3 km |  Whooping Crane Cam -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA
in Solar Power A solar powered whooping crane camera is mounted on the top of the 40 foot observation deck at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
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|  END of TX SH 239 - Austwell TX USA
in Last of its Kind The end of State Highway 239 and the beginning of FM 774 at the city limits of Austwell Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryN12.9 km |  BEGINNING - of TX FM 774, Austwell TX USA
in First of its Kind The beginning of FM 774 is also the end of SH239 at the city limits of Austwell Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
 view galleryN13.2 km |  Preston Rose Austin - (Austwell)
in Texas Historical Markers One of two identical markers strategically placed in the center of two coastal towns founded by a local wealthy rancher/businessman; this one is at the intersection of FM 239 ("Gisler St") and Proctor St. in Austwell (Refugio County). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/24/2015 last visited: 04/13/2022 |
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|  Big Tree - Goose Island State Park, Rockport, TX
in Exceptional Trees The Big Tree in Goose Island State Park, 202 S. Palmetto, Rockport, TX, used to be known as the biggest oak tree in Texas since 1969 until just recently. Even as second biggest, this 1,000 year+ tree has stood all tests of time, nature and man! posted by: WayBetterFinder location: Texas date approved: 01/18/2019 last visited: 04/27/2019 |
 view gallerySW17.9 km | Lamar Volunteer Fire Department in Texas Historical Markers The state historical marker for the Lamar Volunteer Fire Department, near Goose Island State Park posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/28/2022 last visited: 09/30/2023 |
 view gallerySW17.9 km |  Lamar Volunteer Fire Department
in Firehouses One story metal building in a small rural unincorporated community. posted by:  WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 10/06/2023 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW18.8 km | Goose Island State Park - Rockport, TX in Civilian Conservation Corps Goose Island State Park is 321.4 acres on St. Charles and Aransas bays. The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the earliest park facilities in the 1930s. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/25/2016 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW18.8 km |  Goose Island State Park - Rockport, TX
in State/Provincial Parks Goose Island State Park is 321.4 acres on St. Charles and Aransas bays
The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the earliest park facilities in the 1930s. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/25/2016 last visited: 10/04/2023 |
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