TRAILS MAP THE TEXAS HERITAGE TRAILS program is based on 10 scenic driving trails created in 1968
by Gov. John Connally and the Texas Highway Department (now the Texas Department of Transportation) as a tool for visitors to explore the Lone Star State. The trails were established in conjunction with HemisFair, an international expo that commemorated the 250th anniversary of the founding of San Antonio. In 1997, the State Legislature charged the Texas Historical Commission with creating a statewide heritage tourism program. The THC responded with a program based on local, regional and state partnerships, centered on the 10 scenic driving trails. Today, each trail region is a nonprofit organization governed by a regional board of directors that supports educational and preservation efforts and facilitates community development through heritage tourism.
PUBLISHER
Stewart Ramser ADVERTISING
Julie A. Kunkle, Associate Publisher Christina Olivarez, Advertising Director Senior Account Executives: Jeff Carlyon, Macaulay Hammond, Denise Janove, Margaret Kennedy, Roxanne Levine, Tina Mullins, Misty Pennock, Maxine Pittman, Jasmine Allgood Ward Abigail Stewart, Advertising Sales Manager Jillian Clifton, Advertising Sales Coordinator Lisa Reiley, Advertising Design & Production ART DIRECTOR
Martha Gazella-Taylor, Gazella Design EDITOR
PLAINS TRAIL REGION
Tom Buckley COPY EDITORS
Julie Seaford, Danielle Drews, Anne Herman, Michael Marchio, Bailey Poland LAKES TRAIL REGION FORTS TRAIL REGION MOUNTAIN TRAIL REGION
PECOS TRAIL REGION
BRAZOS TRAIL REGION
HILL COUNTRY TRAIL REGION
CONTRIBUTORS
Valerie D. Bates, Jeremy Ray Burchard, Ron Cisneros, Loretta Fulton, Trey Gutierrez, Audrey Larcher, Linc Leifeste, Stephen Siwinski FOREST TRAIL REGION
INDEPENDENCE TRAIL REGION
TROPICAL TRAIL REGION
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Jeff Salmon, Texas Forts Trail Region Patty Bushart, Texas Lakes Trail Region Ron Sanders, Texas Mountain Trail Region Kay Ellington, Texas Plains Trail Region Rick Stryker, Texas Tropical Trail Region EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF PARTICIPATING TEXAS HERITAGE TRAIL REGIONS
Margaret Hoogstra, Texas Forts Trail Region Jill Campbell Jordan, Texas Lakes Trail Region Wendy Little, Texas Mountain Trail Region Barbara Brannon, Texas Plains Trail Region Nancy Deviney, Texas Tropical Trail Region
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Texas Heritage Trails LLC member organizations are participants of the nationally award-winning Texas Heritage Trails Program of the Texas Historical Commission.
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TROPICAL TRAIL TexasTropicalTrail.com
AU THENTIC TEXAS
Texas Heritage Trails LLC is owned and operated by five nonprofit heritage trails organizations.