LBJ State Park, Stonewall, TX

LBJ State Park and Historic Site is located between Fredericksburg and Johnson City.  Friends of then President Johnson raised money to purchase property directly across the Pedernales River from the LBJ Ranch. In 1965, this land was accepted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the park was opened in 1970.

LBJ Statue

 

Axis (Spots) and White Tail Deer

 

 

 

 



The cattle are part of the Official Texas State Longhorn Herd.  They are one and two years old.

 

The bison are decedents from the Texas Bison Herd in Caprock Canyon State Park.

 

 

 

LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, TX

The LBJ Ranch, located along the Pedernales River in the Texas Hill Country near Stonewall Texas, was the home of the 36th President of the Unite States, Lyndon B Johnson.  It's part of the Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park.

The security guard house and original entrance to the ranch (no longer used) on Ranch Road 1.

 

President Johnson enjoyed driving his guests through the low water crossing.

 

 

New entrance to the park off of Ranch Road 1

 

Junction School (one-room) located near his home was where four year old LBJ learned to read.

 

 

LBJ was born on August 27, 1908 at this location.  The home was reconstructed in 1964 to be used as a guest house. It was rebuilt to appear as it was in 1908.

 

The graves of LBJ (right) and Lady Bird (left) at the Johnson Family Cemetery



Information on Sam Ealy Johnson, Sr. and Eliza, grandparents of LBJ.  I couldn't get a good picture of the farmhouse.

 

Hereford cattle are still raised on the ranch. 

 

  The weights on the horns are used to shape the direction of the horns.

 

 Notice "LBJ" on the left horn and "104" on the right horn.

 

 

Air Force One never landed at the ranch.  LBJ would fly to Austin and take this plane (he called it Air Force 1/2) to the ranch.

 

This original century-old rock farmhouse (LBJ purchased from his Aunt Frank Martin in 1951) was greatly enlarged over the years.  During the Johnson Presidency it became known as the Texas White House.  LBJ returned to the ranch after his Presidency ended and he died here on July 22, 1973.  Lady Bird called this home until her death in 2007.  Tours can be taken of the 1st floor but no pictures are allowed inside the house.

 

 

Trinity Lutheran Church, Stonewall, TX

Trinity Lutheran Church is a historic church built in 1904.  It still serves as a Lutheran Church for the people of the Stonewall area.