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Texas Hill Country Trail
Founded2005
FounderTexas Historical Commission
FocusTourism, Economic Development and Historical Preservation
Location
Websitewww.txhillcountrytrail.com

The Texas Hill Country Trail is a non-profit organization which promotes heritage tourism, economic development, and historic preservation. It is one of ten regions which make up the Texas Heritage Trails Program of the Texas Historical Commission.

History

In 1968 Texas hosted the World's fair, known as HemisFair '68, in San Antonio, Texas. In connection with this boost in international attention, the Texas Department of Transportation designated ten 650-mile circular driving regions that encompassed the entire state of Texas. These trails saw little attention after their creation until in the late 1990s when the Texas Historical Commission adopted these trails as their Heritage Trail Program.[1]

Barton Spring Pool in Austin, Texas

References

  1. ^ "Highly-acclaimed newspaper features Texas as one of top places to visit this summer". Mason County News. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

See also