HOW MANY TEXAS STATE PARKS ARE THERE?
There are currently 111 state parks and 108 are open and operating. HOW MANY ARE HISTORIC SITES? There are 34 historic sites; however, the legislature has made a decision to transfer 18 of those sites to the Texas Historical Commission on January 1, 2008. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE ALAMO IS THE CROWN JEWEL OF TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL PARKS? The Alamo is a major Texas Historic Site, but it has always been operated by the Daughters of the Texas Revolution and is not a unit of the state park system. They do a great job. However, San Jacinto Battlefield is one of the most important battle sites, ever. In 18 minutes of fighting in April of 1836, General Santa Anna and his Mexican Army, who had wiped out the Texians at the Alamo, Goliad etc. were soundly routed and hundreds killed with the loss of less than ten of the Texians. The lands won from Mexico that day included present day Texas, and all are parts of 6 other states reaching almost to the southern boundary of what is now Yellowstone. Thi
