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LBJ NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
PRESIDENTIAL HOMETOWN
LYNDON B. JOHNSON NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
The office of Sam Johnson, LBJ’s father, located in the entryway of the LBJ Boyhood Home at 100 Lady Bird Lane.
photos provided by LYNDON B. JOHNSON NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park tells the story of our 36th President beginning with his ancestors until his final resting place on his beloved LBJ Ranch. This entire “circle of life” gives a unique perspective into one of America’s most noteworthy citizens by providing the most complete picture of any American president.
The park is divided into two districts — one in Stonewall and one in Johnson City. The LBJ Ranch makes up the Stonewall side of the park, while the LBJ Boyhood home and the Johnson Settlement are located in Johnson City.
LBJ RANCH
President Johnson had a deep attachment for place and heritage. The LBJ Ranch was where he was born, lived, died, and was buried.
The first stop on any tour of the LBJ Ranch is at the LBJ State Park and Historic Site Visitor Center, which is located 13 miles west of Johnson City off of U.S. Hwy 290.
Visitors pick up a free driving permit and are then able to drive through the Ranch. They have the ability to stop at sites along the way such as the President’s birthplace, the Junction School where President Johnson began his education, Johnson family cemetery, and the Johnson’s ranch house known as the Texas White House. Permits for the driving tour are available starting at 9 a.m. and continuing through 4 p.m.
LBJ State Park and Historic Site Visitor Center 199 State Park Road 52 Stonewall nps.gov/lyjo/
Top and far right, LBJ Boyhood Home exterior and bottom left; young Lyndon B. Johnson.
JUNCTION SCHOOL
Built in 1910, the Junction School served children of rural Gillespie County for 37 years. Students walked to school to learn the “3Rs”—reading, writing, and arithmetic—in a sparsely-decorated room heated by a wood stove and illuminated by kerosene lamps.
In 1912, four-year-old Lyndon Johnson began his education in this building. Kate Deadrich taught 30 students ranging from preschool to eighth grade. The future president, youngest student in the school, often sat on Miss Kate’s lap for reading lessons.
Inspired by his brief time in this simple schoolhouse, Lyndon Johnson championed the cause of public education throughout his life. The Johnson Administration saw the passage of over 60 education bills, more education legislation than in any other presidential administration. 501 State Park Road 52, Stonewall 830-644-2455
JOHNSON CITY DISTRICT
Sites in this district of the park include a visitor center at 100 E. Ladybird Lane, the LBJ Boyhood Home, and the Johnson Settlement—1860s home of Lyndon Johnson’s grandparents.
LBJ BOYHOOD HOME
Lyndon Johnson was five years old in 1913 when his parents, Sam and Rebekah, moved their growing family from the farm in Stonewall into a threebedroom house in Johnson City. The President lived here from the age of five until his high school graduation in 1924. Today the home is furnished in the early to mid-1920s period and as such depicts a rural Texas lifestyle of 75 years ago. The Boyhood Home is open daily. Park rangers give free, guided tours of the home starting on the hour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SAUER-BECKMANN LIVING HISTORY FARM AT LYNDON B. JOHNSON STATE PARK AND HISTORIC SITE
Visit a living history farmstead and learn about seasonal activities such as sausage making, sheep shearing, and canning at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm at the Lyndon B. Johnson State
I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God’s. President Lyndon Baines Johnson “
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park 100 Lady Bird Lane 329 830-868-7128
Main photo: Texas White House; inset: Junction School; middle: gravestones at LBJ Ranch,; far right: Johnson Settlement; top: LBJ and Lady Bird.
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