"The Fightin'est Ship in the Fleet" "The Oldest and the Boldest" This Plaque Is Dedicated to All Men That Served Aboard the U.S.S. Essex - CV- CVA - CVS-9
First of the Essex Class
Commissioned: 31 Dec 1942 Decommissioned: 9 Jan . . . — — Map (db m213176) WM
The Fighting Fletcher
Commissioned June 30, 1942 Decommissioned Aug. 1, 1969
Dedicated to the U.S.S. Fletcher and to the officers and crew members who served aboard during the years of World War Two in the Pacific.
Dedicated to . . . — — Map (db m208996) WM
Honoring the men of the U.S.S. Franklin (CV-13) "Big Ben"
Commissioned 31 January 1944
Received 4 Battle Stars for World War II Service
Participated in Air Strikes and Support of Marianas Invasion • Guam Invasion
Peleliu . . . — — Map (db m243238) WM
Dedicated to the Valiant Men who Served Aboard the U.S.S. Haggard DD-555
31 August 1943 - 1 November 1945 Awarded Twelve Battle Stars for World War II Service
Marshall Islands Operation
Consolidation of Northern Solomons . . . — — Map (db m211512) WM
Dedicated to All Shipmates Who Served in the Pacific Theater Aboard
U.S.S. Halford (DD-480)
Shown as Commissioned with Catapult and Kingfisher Scout Plane One of only Three Destroyers Built with this Configuration
Commissioned: . . . — — Map (db m241103) WM
Dedicated to the Memory of Those who gave their lives while serving aboard "The Fighting Hannah"
U.S.S. Hancock (CV/CVA-19)
Commissioned: April 15, 1944
Decommissioned: May 9, 1947 Recommissioned: February 15, 1954
World . . . — — Map (db m211506) WM
In Honor of all who Served and Gave their Lives Shipmates, Air Crewmen and Pilots
Commissioned - November 29, 1943
Decommissioned - June 16, 1970
World War II Presidential Unit Citation
8 Battle Stars
Korea, Vietnam, West . . . — — Map (db m240926) WM
Commissioned 14 January 1943 Decommissioned 28 August 1946
World War II Service
8 Battle Stars
First Night Fighter Carrier of the WWII Pacific Campaigns
Dedicated To All Officers, Pilots, Crewmen, and Airmen Who Served Aboard . . . — — Map (db m211340) WM
Commissioned 22 February 1943
Placed in Reserve and refitted many times, her Final Decommission was 26 October 1990
Iowa fires a 16-inch "broadside" to starboard in February, 1989
In the fall of 1943, Iowa carried President . . . — — Map (db m211504) WM
SIT TIBI MARE LIBIS "Light Lie The Sea Upon Thee"
This commemorative plaque is in memory of the 137 brave young men who sacrificed their lives in the Battle of the Coral Sea where the Lex went down in glory, and to all the officers, . . . — — Map (db m211458) WM
Dedicated to the Men of the
U.S.S. Lowry (DD770)
1944-1973
World War II Leyte, Mindoro, Lingayen, Iwo Jima, 1st Tokyo Raid, Okinawa, (Navy Unit Commendation), Occupation of Japan
Operation Crossroads
Korea . . . — — Map (db m241155) WM
Commissioned 5 August 1938
Decommissioned 19 October 1945
Awarded 17 Battle Stars
for World War II Service in the Pacific
Raid on the Marshall & Gilbert Islands
Raid on Wake Island
Battle of Midway
Invasion of Guadalcanal . . . — — Map (db m240923) HM WM
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting
The Presidential Unit Citation to the United States Ship Natoma Bay and Her Attached Squadrons
Participating in the following operations:
VC 63, Marshall Island . . . — — Map (db m241104) HM WM
Named in honor of Private Joseph W. Ozbourn, USMCR killed in action with Japanese forces 28 July 1944 Tinian, Marianas Island Medal of Honor
Gearing Class Destroyer built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Keel laid 16 June 1945 / . . . — — Map (db m243235) WM
Dedicated to the Officers and Crew of the U.S.S. Renshaw (DD/DDE 499)
World War II
Eight Battle Stars - Presidential Unit Citation
Korean War
Five Battle Stars - Korean Presidential Unit Citation
Vietnam War
And to those . . . — — Map (db m243101) HM WM
Dedicated to the men of the U.S.S. Samuel S. Miles (DE-183)
~Awarded~
Eight Battle Stars for WWII Service in the Pacific January 1944-July 1945 Shot down Five Enemy Planes at Saipan and Okinawa Sank Japanese Submarine I-177 near . . . — — Map (db m243100) HM WM
32 Years of Naval Service Seven Battle Stars
World War II - Iwo Jima, Okinawa • Korean War - Inchon, Pusan Vietnam War - Operation Starlight, Operations Dragonthrust I and II
Commissioned October 31, 1944
World War II - Flagship of . . . — — Map (db m211349) WM
Commissioned, November 1940
Decommissioned, April 1946
Seven Major Assault Landings
Fedala, French Morocco, North Africa - 8 November 1942
Scoglitti, Sicily - 10 July 1943
Tarawa, Gilbert Islands - 20 November 1943 . . . — — Map (db m240636) HM WM
Commissioned
May 1944 - July 1946
Sept. 1951 - Dec. 1963
World War II
Korea
Cold War
In memory of Sgt. Solomon Wren, USMC
and all who served in this gallant ship.
— — Map (db m243117) WM
For one week in May, 1986, archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio conducted a dig at Fort Martin Scott to locate foundations of the original buildings.
Some of the foundations of . . . — — Map (db m118475) HM
World War II
Pacific Combat ~ 1941 to 1945
She was Called to Duty to 33 Different Islands/Atolls in the South Pacific
Awarded 9 Asiatic Pacific Battle Stars
Numerous other medals
Casualties Suffered
27 Killed in . . . — — Map (db m196434) WM
In memory of LCDR Joseph Hunt Bourland, Captain And the valiant crew of the USS Runner SS275, lost with all hands, in hostile Pacific waters
June 1943 On Eternal Patrol — — Map (db m196427) WM
Honoring the men of the USS Cabot (CVL-28) "A" Division
Pacific Theater World War II
Earned 9 Battle Stars for World War II
Awarded the Presidential Unit Citation
Named the Iron Woman of the Pacific by the Beloved War Correspondent . . . — — Map (db m243221) WM
To the Memory of All Who Served Aboard the
USS Euryale (AS22)
Commissioned November 1943, Decommissioned February 1946 and the Submariners We Were Honored to Serve
Supporting Fleet Submarine Operations Pacific Theatre . . . — — Map (db m241160) WM
Commissioned: 21 July 1920 as USS Humphreys (DD-236)
Converted to a High Speed Transport
Redesignated: 1 December 1942 as APD-12
Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Decommissioned: 26 October 1945
Earned Seven Battle Stars for . . . — — Map (db m197460) WM
Dedicated To The Crew That Bravely Served Onboard 8 December 1942
Keel Laid Cramp Shipyards Philadelphia, Pa.
22 April 1943
Patriotic Oklahomans Sold $45 Million In War Bonds To Build The Light Cruiser CL-91
20 February 1944 . . . — — Map (db m243237) WM
Fast Attack Submarine Continuing in the proud tradition of her predecessor USS Scamp (SS-277) "Still on Patrol"
Keel laid: 23 January 1959, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California Launched: 8 October 1960; . . . — — Map (db m239757) HM WM
Church for all denominations, school and community hall. Built, summer 1847, after the Comanche peace treaty made by John O. Meusebach, Commissioner, German Emigration Company. Located in Main Street between Courthouse and Market Square of . . . — — Map (db m35864) HM
In the 1880s German immigrant Christian Vogel (1824-1889) built the left half of this structure to house his family while in town for Saturday trading and Sunday church services. His son Amandus (1854-1898) and daughter-in-law Elizabeth (Weber) . . . — — Map (db m164009) HM
Erected about 1876, this building was a combination residence and business for the family of George Wahrmund, whose wife Elise had a millinery and dressmaking shop in the front rooms. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Clark, 1901-1913 owners, ran a boarding . . . — — Map (db m197124) HM
In 1845, Johan (John) Joseph Walch (1828-1914) migrated to Texas from Germany. In 1847 he settled in Fredericksburg, where he worked as a stonemason. Before Walch married Wilhelmine Gaertner in 1851, he erected a two-room limestone house on this . . . — — Map (db m33045) HM
Built about 1870, this residence was purchased by Johann Walter in 1871. Walter, who served as sheriff of Gillespie County from 1874 to 1888, lived here with his family until his death in 1897. In 1901 Walter's widow, Maria, sold the house to Robert . . . — — Map (db m196994) HM
This simple, one-room limestone outbuilding was constructed in 1903 by stonemason Emil Weber. He built the structure, which sat over a cellar, for storing vegetables, bacon, sausage, and wine. One of Weber's sons, Werner E. Weber (d. 1974), a . . . — — Map (db m164011) HM
German immigrants Friedrich Welgehausen and his wife Juliane built a one-room log cabin here in the 1850s. After their son Conrad and his wife Margaretha (Walter) acquired the property in 1873, they enclosed the cabin within their two-story . . . — — Map (db m185650) HM
Gillespie County Judge in 1852-62, 1864, and 1876-90, William Wahrmund (1824-90) hired local stonemasons H. Hennersdorf and Louis Schmidt to build this residence near his own home and store in 1875. Over a period of years, the house was occupied . . . — — Map (db m163931) HM
Built 1853 by Congregation, hewing wood by hand; quarrying native limestone; Swiss Missionary Pastor serving as night foreman at lime kiln. Texas Hill Country's oldest Lutheran Church, stills enclosed in original walls.
Recorded Texas . . . — — Map (db m157149) HM
In 1946, Harper residents formed a committee to secure land for a park. From the beginning, resident aided the efforts through labor, finances and planning. Organizations also contributed, providing funds for the purchase of property and for . . . — — Map (db m156242) HM
In 1884, Frank Harper, J.A. Rogers, E.C. Hopf, and W.P. Bowers met to organize a school for the growing Harper community. Mary and J. A. Rogers, Jr. sold two and a half acres to school trustees, and in 1885 a one-room frame school was built with . . . — — Map (db m117791) HM
Pioneer preacher Matthew Taylor and the families of his daughter and two sons moved here in 1863 from their homestead on the Llano River. They built a cabin on this site near the source of the Pedernales River. In August 1864, Matthew and his son . . . — — Map (db m59741) HM
In 1908, the first Lutheran missionary to the area, Rev. C. Stadler, came to Harper. In April 1910, he confirmed the first class of Lutheran young people. When there was no missionary assigned to the area, Lutheran pastors from neighboring . . . — — Map (db m156244) HM
The Rev. August Engel (1818-1904), a circuit riding Methodist preacher and teacher, immigrated to Texas in 1846 from Germany. In 1859 he married Katharina Ernst (1837-1920). They had six children.
August Engel served as postmaster for five . . . — — Map (db m157171) HM
Teacher and inventor Jakob Brodbeck (1821-1910) conceived the idea of building an airship while sailing to the U.S. in 1846. Born and educated as a teacher in Plattenhardt, Germany, he began teaching in the Kingdom of Württemberg, where he worked on . . . — — Map (db m214271) HM
Members of the Luckenbach family and other German immigrants moved here from Fredericksburg in the 1850s. They settled along Grape Creek and soon established a school for their children. The Grape Creek Post Office was in operation briefly after . . . — — Map (db m4654) HM
In 1855 Pioneer area settler Peter Pehl deeded a two-acre tract of land at this site for the construction of a schoolhouse to serve the Luckenbach School District, Herman Toepperwein was the first teacher in the log building which was used until . . . — — Map (db m160371) HM
This graveyard is closely associated with the Morris Ranch, an early international race horse breeding and training facility in Gillespie county. Charles Morris, whose Uncle Francis owned the ranch, served as its first general manager and . . . — — Map (db m155679) HM
Beyond the Pedernales is Stonewall’s Project Head Start building—a symbol of one of President Johnson’s enduring legacies to the American people. President Johnson initiated the Head Start program in 1965; it was one of many programs that . . . — — Map (db m91184) HM
For many years this low-water crossing served as the primary access to the LBJ Ranch; for non-Texans, it served as a dramatic entry into Lyndon Johnson’s world.
Constructed in 1951, the dam and crossing were the first improvements Lyndon . . . — — Map (db m91131) HM
It is a Society where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go unschooled .... Where no citizen will be barred from any door because of his birthplace or his color .... Where peace and security is common among neighbors and possible . . . — — Map (db m91183) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m91182) HM
From massive thundering herds to near extermination, the American bison remains a symbol of the American West.
Bison for Miles
At one point in our history, a large portion of the country was one giant bison range. It wasn't uncommon for . . . — — Map (db m236594) HM
In 1951, Senator Lyndon Johnson purchased 240 acres from his Aunt Frank Martin. Beginning with this core property, he set out to establish a home base where he could continue his work away from Washington.
To improve access to the ranch, a 3000 . . . — — Map (db m91282) HM
Imagine a plane roaring onto a newly constructed 3,000 foot grass airstrip. It’s 1953, and Senator Lyndon Johnson has arrived at the LBJ Ranch. Initially built to improve access to the Ranch during floods, the small airstrip soon proves inadequate . . . — — Map (db m91268) HM
These shaggy animals once roamed Texas in countless numbers and were the main source of food for the Plains Indians. The Comanches here hunted them on horseback but never killed enough to damage the herds. But commercial hunters moved in and . . . — — Map (db m236595) HM
The LBJ Ranch had but a single telephone line when Lyndon Johnson purchased the property in 1951. By the time he became vice president in 1960 the array of technology had grown to 15 local and long-distance phone lines as well as a fifty-foot-tall . . . — — Map (db m91283) HM
To a Texas rancher like Lyndon Johnson, conservation meant getting the most from the soil, water, and grass. The landscape before you reflects some of President Johnson’s conservation efforts. These upper fields are terraced to control erosion and . . . — — Map (db m91234) HM
Sitting at a table on this site on April 11, 1965, President Johnson signed the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. “As a former teacher,” the president said, “I have great expectations of what this law . . . — — Map (db m91135) HM
1900 - 1920
The Dawn of a New Century
The years following the turn of the century heralded sweeping changes in agriculture throughout Texas and the nation. Advances in technology led to improved irrigation and farming methods . . . — — Map (db m91053) HM
For Lyndon Johnson, a traditional guest register was not enough. To commemorate the visits of dignitaries and friends to the Ranch, the Johnsons used “Friendship Stones.” Visitors etched their autographs and the date of their visit into . . . — — Map (db m91314) HM
Here on these familiar hills under these expansive skies and under these oak trees that he loved so much, his life has come full circle ...
his roots go deep here on this spot in the hill country.
From the eulogy delivered here by the . . . — — Map (db m91149) HM
The welcome mat at the Johnson home read, “All the World is Welcome here.” But as the house became an alternate White House it soon became clear there was not enough room. Describing the steady stream of visitors in her home, Lady Bird . . . — — Map (db m91206) HM
From his childhood and throughout his political career, Lyndon Johnson drew from his western heritage. The grandson of a Chisholm Trail cattle drover never forgot that “can do” spirit of the cowboy way. The LBJ Ranch was the best place . . . — — Map (db m91272) HM
The Secret Service had a presence in the Johnson family for forty-six years beginning on January 20, 1961 when Lyndon Johnson was inaugurated as vice president. Over that lifetime of service, agents witnessed many events, both in Washington and . . . — — Map (db m91316) HM
Why do we keep these animals in this enclosure?
A small herd of Longhorns and White-tail deer are kept in this pasture so our visitors can view these prominent icons of Texas.
Longhorn Cattle
“Someone has said that . . . — — Map (db m91014) HM
For many years this low-water crossing served as the primary access to the LBJ Ranch; for non-Texans, it served as a dramatic entry into LBJ’s world. The construction of this dam and crossing was the first improvement made to the ranch by Lyndon . . . — — Map (db m91317) HM
Area settlers built a log schoolhouse 1.5 miles south of here in 1871 along South Grape Creek. It was part of Luckenbach School Precinct No. 3 until 1889, when it was renamed Lower South Grape Creek and began to serve as District No. 21. The log . . . — — Map (db m88113) HM
Civil War veteran and stage line operator who in 1870 founded Stonewall, naming it for Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson. Major Nunez, who lived 2 miles south of town and had a family of 9 children, donated land in 1886 for . . . — — Map (db m90990) HM
Originally the Camp Swift Post Office, this building was purchased from the United States government, rebuilt by the citizens of Stonewall and dedicated as a gymnasium on May 1, 1949.
While continuing to serve the community, an international . . . — — Map (db m90993) HM
The scene was a common one: young Lyndon Johnson, only a few years old, toddling down the road to visit his grandparents in this house. Here he found a ready supply of apples, candy, and affection. The future president felt a powerful attraction to . . . — — Map (db m91208) HM
Here, costumed interpreters carry out the day-to-day activities of a turn-of-the-century German-Texas farm family. You might spot them plowing the garden with a team of horses, or watch them tend the farm animals. Daily chores include milking, . . . — — Map (db m91055) HM
First kiln, eastern Gillespie County. Built 1874 by Andreas Lindig, trained in his native Germany in quicklime making. On his homestead, he found rock to be hauled to this site by ox-wagon, using 7 loads of rock for each “batch” of . . . — — Map (db m90811) HM
This cemetery originally served the settlement of Millville, laid out by Israel Nuñez, who operated a stage stop in the vicinity after the Civil War. Although he set aside land for the cemetery, it was not formally deeded until 1934 by J.O. Walker. . . . — — Map (db m90989) HM
Lady Bird Johnson’s environmental ethic spanned her entire lifetime of 94 years. A child of East Texas, she spent many of her days outdoors. The sense of place that came from being close to the land never left her. She would eventually carry that . . . — — Map (db m91236) HM
Growing up in the scenic Texas Hill Country, Lyndon Johnson developed a deep appreciation and respect for the land. As part of his dream for a “Great Society” he felt a responsibility to protect the natural heritage of the United States. . . . — — Map (db m91235) HM
In October 1961 the United States Air Force replaced twin engine, propeller driven aircraft with the four engine Lockheed JetStar for executive transport.
Lyndon Johnson was the first Vice President to have an aircraft assigned to him. His . . . — — Map (db m91281) HM
Lyndon Baines Johnson first came to this school as a four-year-old in knee breeches and a collar. Here, surrounded by 30 students spanning seven grades, he received his first formal education. The future president attended the Junction School for . . . — — Map (db m91132) HM
“I have a mighty fine grandson, smart as you find them. I expect him to be United States Senator before he is forty.”
Grandfather Sam Ealy Johnson, Sr., on young Lyndon Johnson
On this site on a rainy August night in . . . — — Map (db m91148) HM
Although ranching produced just a fraction of the Johnson’s income, it constituted a major portion of the President’s public identity. The Johnsons maintained two herds of cattle on the LBJ Ranch—one of them a commercial herd sold for beef, . . . — — Map (db m91270) HM
Although he frequented Washington for much of his adult life, President Johnson always considered this house his home. During the White House years, it served as a busy office, a working ranch, and a quiet refuge from the pressures of being . . . — — Map (db m91313) HM
This, said Lyndon Johnson, was “where the cattle go out and the money comes in.” In the working pens, ranch hands tended to the herds—branding, castrating, doctoring, and, most importantly, loading cattle out for shipment after a . . . — — Map (db m91269) HM
The congregation of the Trinity Lutheran Church formally organized in 1902. Members donated funds to buy three acres of land from Christian Lindig (1864-1948) on which they erected a small sanctuary. By 1904, a larger building was needed. Plans for . . . — — Map (db m236547) HM
This congregation traces its history to 1902, when it was organized in the Albert Schoolhouse. A sanctuary built here in 1902 was replaced in 1904, and this structure was erected in 1928. Worship services were conducted in the German language until . . . — — Map (db m90810) HM
“My memory does not begin with happy things.”
– Mathilda Gruen Wagner, daughter of German immigrants, 1860s
In 1845, hundreds of hopeful German immigrants came to the Texas Hill Country in search of land, political freedom and . . . — — Map (db m91094) HM
In the Texas Hill Country water is more precious than gold. The Pedernales River and the many local creeks are the main sources of water for irrigation. As droughts are common here, supplemental irrigation was necessary for President Johnson to . . . — — Map (db m91238) HM
Built in 1959 to store aircraft and ranch supplies, the hangar now serves as a visitor center containing exhibits and displays.
Step inside to learn more about President Johnson and to purchase your tickets for a tour of the Texas White House. . . . — — Map (db m236548) HM
The statue which stands before you is of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. It was donated by A.W. Moursand, a prominent attorney and past Texas Parks and Wildlife Commissioner. President Johnson wanted this statue . . . — — Map (db m91013) HM
Within These Walls
Discover how the Behrens family lived during the 1870s by exploring this cabin
Home Away From Home
Heinrich and Wilhemina Behrens, pictured here, emigrated from Germany but never forgot their heritage as . . . — — Map (db m91093) HM
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