Jim Hogg Historic Site | site - to be removed, place with historical importance, interesting place

USA / Texas / Rusk /
 site - to be removed, place with historical importance, interesting place
Attractions include a scale replica of the birthplace, housing, museum, and family cemetery. Park is for day-use only and has a nature/interpretive trail and a picnic area. A strip mining area (iron ore) can be viewed from a rise on the nature trail, where there is an interpretive display. This mining was done in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Activities are picnicking, historical study, nature study, hiking, and bird watching. Bring your own charcoal, binoculars, camera, and insect repellent. Pets must be kept on a leash. The park offers self-guided and guided museum tours and nature trail tours.

www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/jim_hogg/
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Coordinates:   31°48'11"N   95°7'24"W
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