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Nueces Canyon
Chamber of Commerce
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2011 |
Camp Wood,
Texas Landmarks
& Photo Gallery
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Centennial Markers
in Camp Wood
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2011 |
Site of Camp
Wood Centennial Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2011 |
Lindbergh
by Mike Cox
Had it played out differently, what happened in Real County in 1924
could have changed aviation history... To give Camp Wood another tourist
attraction, the chamber attached a large model airplane to the front
of their building in such a way that it looked like it had crashed
into the structure. Eventually, the small plane ended up in the local
museum, which also has the wooden propeller Lindbergh and Klink left
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Charles A. Lindbergh
in Texas historical marker
Photo
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2011
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Historical Marker:
Lindbergh Park on SH 55, Camp Wood
Charles A.
Lindbergh in Texas
Texas was important
in the career of aviation hero Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-75). When
he bought his first World
War I surplus Jenny in Georgia, he flew it to Texarkana
in 1923, so he could say he had flown in Texas -- the ambition of
every barnstormer. With L. A. Klink in March 1924, he landed Klink's
Canuck in Camp Wood while trying to fly to California. The next day
in attempting a take-off, he accidentally crashed into Warren Puett's
Store. No one was hurt, and his offer to pay for the damage was rejected.
Then called "Slim," Lindbergh made many friends here. Two weeks after
visiting Camp Wood, he became a U.S. Air Service cadet at Brooks Field,
San Antonio. He
completed advanced flight training at Kelly Field in 1925. On May
20-21, 1927, he made the first solo flight from New York to Paris,
to world acclaim. Later in 1927, he returned to Texas, surveying the
first commercial transcontinental air route through Amarillo;
in 1929, he inaugurated U.S.-Mexico airmail in Brownsville.
A great aviation pioneer, he drew up and proved many major world air
routes. He flew in combat in World
War II; collaborated in medical research; helped organize the
Berlin airlift; and remained a hero to people of Camp Wood and Texas.
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Hwy
337 is regarded as one of the best scenic drives in Texas, certainly
one of the best in the Hill
Country. A loop originating in Camp Wood is recommended by the
Texas State Travel Guide: Go northwest on 55 to Barksdale
and then North on 335. Go east when you intersect with Hwy 41 and
continue until you reach 336. Turn south to go the 27 miles to Leakey.
This will put you back on 337 to return to Camp Wood.
Nueces Canyon Chamber of Commerce: 830-597-6241
Website: www.campwood.com |
Nearby Destinations
"Swimming to Mexico" Part III
WATER - Medina River, Sabinal River, Nueces River, Leona River &
Rio Frio
TOWNS - Medina, Vanderpool, Utopia, Concan and Uvalde
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