A River Runs Through

A River Runs Through. Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. , , I first remember walking along the banks of the Pedernales when I was a boy four or five years of age. , Lyndon Baines Johnson , , The Pedernales River carves out the landscape of the Texas Hill Country, stretching 106 miles from Harper to the Colorado River. Cattle ranchers, American Indians, and German settlers have all traversed its banks. Lyndon Johnson was among those with a connection to the river: “Here is where I would always return, to the Pedernales River, the scenes of my childhood.” , , The LBJ Ranch sits in the middle of the river’s course. President Johnson took great pleasure in driving guests over the low-water crossing and hosting barbecues along the river’s edge. The Pedernales made a lasting impression on the president who proposed the Water Quality Act of 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. , , (Background Photo Caption) , The Pedernales snakes its way through the LBJ Ranch. June 1967.