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Originally a small farming town, today Killeen is home to Fort Cavazos, which was built in 1942 to serve as a post for testing World War II tank destroyers. Elvis Presley was stationed at the fort in 1958 for basic training and lived there for about six months.

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Midway Bar & Grill - Holiday Inn Temple-Belton

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Farmers Commons

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Alexander's Craft Cocktails & Kitchen

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ARTICLEKilleen Originally a small farming town, today Killeen is home toFort Cavazos, which was built in 1942 to serve as a post for testing World War II tank destroyers. Elvis Presley was stationed at the fort in 1958 for basic training and lived there for about six months.Killeen
NATIONAL PARKAmistad National Recreation Area Amistad National Recreation Area is northwest of Del Rio via US 90. The 64,860-acre reservoir is an outgrowth of the Amistad National Recreation Area
NATIONAL PARKAngelina National Forest Angelina National Forest surrounds Sam Rayburn Reservoir in East Texas, off US 69 east of Lufkin. The forest's 153,179 acres encompass fragments of the “Pineywoods” region, which was heavily logged early in the 20th century. Towering pines and hardwoods have returned, sheltering deer, squirrels and occasional turkeys.Angelina National Forest
NATIONAL PARKBig Thicket National Preserve Big Thicket National Preserve encompasses 15 units in southeast Texas. The 113,121-acre park protects one of the country's most biologically diverse wilderness areas. Until the 19th century, this region was a vast and almost impenetrable combination of woodlands and swamps.Big Thicket National Preserve
NATIONAL PARKChickasaw National Recreation Area Near Sulphur on US 177 and SR 7, the Chickasaw National Recreation Area encompasses 10,000 acres in south-central Oklahoma. Woods and streams with small waterfalls characterize this region, which is known for its mineral waters. Springs within the area have been classified as sulphur, freshwater and bromide.Chickasaw National Recreation Area
NATIONAL PARKDavy Crockett National Forest Davy Crockett National Forest borders the Neches River in East Texas. Since logging ended in the 1920s, this pine and hardwood forest has made a dramatic comeback. One of the best ways to see the 161,500-acre area is via the 20-mile-long Davy Crockett National Forest
NATIONAL PARKKisatchie National Forest Kisatchie National Forest extends across the central and northern parts of the state. The terrain of Louisiana's only national forest, comprised of six districts and more than 600,000 acres, varies from swamps of hardwood and cypress trees draped with Spanish moss to sandstone hills covered with longleaf pine. Farming and lumbering in the early 1900s left much of this land unproductive, but most of the area revived after the forest's establishment in 1930.Kisatchie National Forest
NATIONAL PARKLyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park is 2 blks. s. of US 290 in Johnson CityLyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
NATIONAL PARKPadre Island National Seashore Padre Island National Seashore is parallel to the Gulf coast and reached via the JFK causeway at Corpus Christi. The national seashore covers 70 miles of 113-mile Padre Island, considered the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world. Some 600 species of plants and wildflowers can be found on the sand-duned strip of land, which is only .5 to 3 miles wide. To the east lies the Gulf and to the west the Laguna Madre, including a portion of the Intracoastal Waterway. On the Laguna Madre side lies the park's Bird Island Basin, a highly regarded and popular windsurfing spot.Padre Island National Seashore
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