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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTR_low-water-crossing_Stonewall-TX.html
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 J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTQ_friendship-stones_Stonewall-TX.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTP_lifetime-of-service_Stonewall-TX.html
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 Te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTO_the-texas-white-house_Stonewall-TX.html
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 presid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTA_aviation-key-to-the-texas-white-house_Stonewall-TX.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PT9_the-jet-age-arrives_Stonewall-TX.html
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 choi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PT8_communicating-with-the-world_Stonewall-TX.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSW_the-show-barn_Stonewall-TX.html
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, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSV_the-working-corrals_Stonewall-TX.html
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 s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSU_bringing-washington-home_Stonewall-TX.html
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…
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