Landa Park
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member vhasler
N 29° 42.692 W 098° 08.167
14R E 583561 N 3287133
Large city park established 1898 with many different pastime activities.
Waymark Code: WMKNDH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
Views: 16

Inside Landa Park near the Founders Oak and Pioneer Memorial. The former is a really large live oak tree having branches being supported, with the latter is a sculpture of a family group.

Parking can be a challenge on extremely busy days. Enjoy what the park has to offer...
Marker Number: 16021

Marker Text:
Joseph Landa purchased the land that now encompasses this park in 1859. The Comal Springs, the largest group of springs in the American Southwest, are the focus of the park. Landa used the Comal River to power gristmills, cotton and woolen factories, an ice plant and a brewery. During the Civil War, a saltpeter processing plant was also located on the site. Joseph's son Harry Landa opened Landa's Park as a tourist site in 1898, when the International and Great Northern Railroad built a spur to the site. By 1900, both the I&GN and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) railroads ran weekend excursion trains to the park, where visitors enjoyed picnics, dancing and steamboat excursions on Landa Lake. Landa later sold the park to a San Antonio investment group, who operated it until financial problems caused the park's closure in 1933. In 1936, concerned citizens led by Erhard P. Nowotny petitioned the City of New Braunfels to purchase the park, and city residents voted three to one in favor of the move. The park has remained open to the public since that time. Throughout the years the park has grown in acreage, and many improvements have been made. In the 1930s, Works Progress Adminstration (WPA) employees built concession stands, restrooms, parking areas, and retaining walls. Later improvements have included a miniature golf course, playgrounds and nature trails. Wurstfest, an annual celebration of food and music, has been held in the park each November since the early 1960s. Today, Landa Park continues to serve the public as a leisure destination both for the citizens of New Braunfels and for area travelers. (2009) Marker is property of the State of Texas


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