Who is Mother Neff and why is she a state park?
Subtitle: the story behind the names of the state parks of Texas
By: Allan C. Kimball
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Eakin Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781934645833
Subjects: Guidebooks; Parks; History
Description: "Kimball shows how many lives have impacted the names of the Texas state parks and how those parks are remembered today: by their names. Readers learn how nearby geography, people's names, and roots of words from many native languages came together as the namesakes of each park."--cover, p. 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265).
Table of contents: title: Big Bend and West Texas. Balmorhea State Park; title: Big Bend Ranch State Park; title: Chinati Mountains State Natural Area; title: Davis Mountains State Park and Indian Lodge; title: Devil's River State Natural Area; title: Fort Lancaster State Historic Site; title: Fort Leaton State Historic Site; title: Franklin Mountains State Park and Wyler Aerial Tramway; title: Hueco Tanks State Historial Park; title: Magoffin Home State Historic Site; title: Monahans Sandhills State Park; title: Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site; title: Gulf Coast. Battleship Texas State Historic Site; title: Brazos Bend State Park; title: Fulton Mansion State Historic Site; title: Galveson Island State Park; title: Goose Island State Park; title: Lake Corpus Christi State Park; title: Lake Texana State Park; title: Lipantitlan State Historic Site; title: Mustang Island State Park; title: Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site; title: Sabine Pass Battleground  and State Historic Site; title: San Jacinto Battleground  State Historic Site  and Monument; title: Sea Rim State  Park; title: Sheldon Lake State Park; title: Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site; title: Hill Country. Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site and Museum of the Pacific War; title: Blanco State Park; title: Colorado Bend State Park; title: Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area; title: Enchanted Rock State Natural Area; title: Fort McKavett State Historic Site; title: Garner State Park; title: Government Canyon State Park; title: Guadalupe River State Park; title: Hill Country State Natural Area; title: Honey Creek State Natural Area; title: Inks Lake State Park; title: Kickapoo Cavern State Park; title: Landmark Inn State Historic Site; title: Longhorn Cavern State Park; title: Lost Maples State Natural Area; title: Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site; title: McKinney Falls State Park; title: Pedernales Falls State Park; title: South Llano River State Park; title: Panhandle Plains. Abilene State Park; title: Big Spring State Park; title: Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway; title: Copper Breaks State Park; title: Fort Griffin State Park and State Historic Site; title: Fort Richardson State Park, State Historic Site and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway; title: Lake Arrowhead State Park; title: Lake Brownwood State Park; title: Lake Colorado City State Park; title: Palo Duro Canyon State Park; title: Possum Kingdom State Park; title: San Angelo State Park.; title: Pineywoods. Atlanta State Park; title: Caddo Lake State Park; title: Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site; title: Daingerfield State Park; title: Huntsville State Park; title: Lake Bob Sandlin State Park; title: Lake Livingston State Park; title: Martin Creek Lake State Park; title: Martin Dies, Jr. State Park; title: Mission Tejas State Park; title: Starr Family State Historic Site; title: Texas State Railroad and Rusk and Palestine Parks; title: Tyler State Park; title: Village Creek State Park; title: Prairies and Lakes. Acton State Historic Site; title: Bastrop State Park; title: Bonham State Park; title: Buescher State Park; title: Cedar Hill State Park; title: Cleburne State Park; title: Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site; title: Cooper Lake State Park; title: Dinosaur Valley State Park; title: Eisenhower State Park; title: Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site; title: Fairfield Lake State Park; title: Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site; title: Fort Bogg State Park; title: Fort Parker State Park; title: Lake Mineral Wells State Park and Trailway; title: Lake Somerville State Park  and Trailway; title: Lake Tawakoni State Park; title: Lake Whitney State Park; title: Lockhart State Park; title: Meridian State Park; title: Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Site; title: Mother Neff State Park; title: Palmetto State Park; title: Purtis Creek State Park; title: Ray Roberts Lake State Park; title: Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site; title: Sebastopol State Historic Site; title: Stephen F. Austin State Park and San Felipe State Historic Site; title: Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site; title: South Texas Plains. Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park; title: Casa Navarro State Park; title: Choke Canyon State Park; title: Estero Llano Grande State Park; title: Goliad State Park and Historic Sites; title: Government Canyon State Natural Area; title: Lake Casa Blanca International State Park; title: Resaca de la Palma State Park.