LBJ Ranch State & National Park, Texas

Freudiger RV Services*, San Angelo, TX
    On a rainy 27 August 1908 Lyndon Baines Johnson was born at the home of his grandfather, Sam Ealy Johnson; a neighbor, Augusta Sauer Lindig, served as the midwife.
    As he often did, LBJ had this house rebuilt or remodeled in 1964 -- perhaps so that it could be used for meetings with his Presidential Staff.

 

 

 

 

    However, not everything was brought up-to-date. "Hello, Central...give me...."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    And since a sign had said there was a restroom behind the house....Oops! Guess the restroom is in the barn/garage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Yes, there is a handle on the other side where one pumps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    This plaque shows LBJ demonstrating the pump for a couple of members of his cabinet.

 

 

 

 

    And when LBJ was buried, it was again raining. The Johnson Family Cemetery is located across the road from his grandfather's first house -- where Lyndon was born.

 

 

 

 

    [Click once to enlarge; press ESC to return here.] Lyndon's dates: 27 Aug 1908 to 22 Jan 1973; Lady-Bird's: 22 Dec 1912 to 11 Jul 2007.

 

 

 

    Here are some more photos &/or plaques from the LBJ State Park and Historic Site. This plaques describes the Pedernales River. [Click 1 or 2 times to enlarge; use Ctrl+ Left Arrow to return here.]

 

 

 

 

 

    The Junction School where Lyndon learned to read at age four.

 

 

 

 

    LBJ used the Junction School on 11 April 1965 as a setting for his signing of The Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    The farmhouse where LBJ's grandparents spent their final years.

 

 

 

 

    A plaque including a photo of LBJ with Trinity Luthern Church in the background. While many think of President Ronald Reagan as the "Jelly Bean President," LBJ may have set the precedent.

 

 

 

 

 

    A view of Trinity Luthern Church from across the Pedernales.

 

 

 

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Links:

• Lengthy Wikipedia article on Lyndon Baines Johnson
• Wikipedia article on Lady Bird Johnson
• U.S. Park Service website on the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park

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Recommended Reading

• In History's Shadow by John Connally & Mickie Herskowitz
• See this Wikipedia outline of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, an on-going series by Robert A. Caro

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*Freudiger RV Services, 706A Knickerbacker Rd, San Angelo, TX; co-owned by John "Jake" Freudiger, who has been in the business 34 years, and Justin Salinas. Principal employee is Joe Haynes, a master plumber. After I totaled my air-conditioner in a parking garage near the San Angelo Library they did an excellent job replacing it with a 14x14 vent. [Had never used the A/C in the 28+ months I've been on the road.]

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F 5 Apr Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - Jim Noland State Farm Office - San Angelo VA Clinic - San Angelo Lib - San Angelo P.O. - Sherwood Way W/M

Su 7 Apr Actual Route: Sherwood Way W/M - Sherwood - Mertzon - Suggs - Big Lake - Sugar Creek Picnic Area

M 8 Apr Actual Route: Sugar Creek P/A - Big Lake Lib - McCamey Lib - US67/385 P/A

T 9 Apr Actual Route: US67/385 P/A - Girvin - Ft Stockton Lib - Ft Stockton Walmart

W 10 Apr Actual Route: Ft Stockton Walmart - Ft Stockton Lib - Balmorhea State Park

Th 11 Apr Actual Route: Balmorhea State Park - Van Horn

F 12 Apr Actual Route: Van Horn - Guadalupe Mtns Natl Park

Sa 13 Apr Actual Route: Guadalupe Mtns NP - Carlsbad Caverns Natl Park - Carlsbad Walmart

Su 14 Apr Route: Carlsbad Walmart - Carlsbad Lib - Dollar Tree - Carlsbad W/M

M 15 Apr Route: Carlsbad Walmart - Artesia Lib - Artesia Walmart

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