Kingsland gives visitors a peek at one of the “constant-level” Highland Lakes: Lake LBJ. Once known as Granite Shoals, Lake LBJ was renamed for President Lyndon Baines Johnson who, as a young U.S. senator, brought the lakes project to central Texas. Today the narrow, winding lake is popular with both fishermen and skiers. Edged by …
This Hill Country city offers a little bit of everything: cowboy fun, fine art, beautiful parks, and more. The rolling hills etched with streams and rivers shaded by tall cypress tress have been the inspiration of many artists, so it’s not surprising that this community is home to many internationally recognized artists and a nationally-recognized …
You might think that Johnson City is named for President Lyndon Baines Johnson—but you’d be wrong. Although it’s the center of many of the Hill Country historic attractions associated with him, the town was actually founded in the late 1870s by James Polk Johnson, a second cousin to the former U.S. president. LBJ brought the …
One of the fastest-growing communities in the country, Cedar Park is located northwest of Austin on US 183. Now primarily a suburb of the capital city, this was once “cedar chopper” country, the home of many Scottish immigrants who cut the local ashe juniper (locally called “cedar”) trees to provide fence posts for area ranches. …
This small community on the banks of the Guadalupe River was started in 1879 by Reverend J. C. W. Ingram, who built a general store and post office in what is now called Old Ingram. Old Ingram, located off TX 27 on Old Ingram Loop, is home to many art galleries and antiques shops. Ingram …
The town of Hutto started off small, just a little farming community located northeast of Austin on US 79 between Round Rock and Taylor. Surrounded by blackland farms consisting of mostly cotton fields, the community remained pretty quiet for years, home to a cotton gin and a few stores. In 2000, the population was just …
Although it has the feel of a separate community, Gruene actually sits within the northern New Braunfels city limits on Gruene Road just off Loop 337 and I-35. Like Waxahachie and Refugio, the pronunciation of Gruene is one of those things that sets a real Texan apart. To sound like a local, just say “Green” …