Landa Park garden celebrates history of area and insects herald-zeitung.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-zeitung.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Colorful tree flowers and leaves of various shades of green welcome nature lovers into Gazebo Circle in Landa Park. Along the fast-moving crystal clear stream of Spring Run No. 3, arching branches of native Mexican buckeye trees explode with dark pink flowers.Â
Following an unusual and incredibly cold winter, one notices small shiny fresh green leaves emerging from almost bare stems as a welcome to Spring in Landa Park. Along this same winding path, on the other side of this stream, one has a good view of the beginning of the Texas Hill Country â wide strata of horizontal bands of limestone rising up to the street above and beyond.
The long awaited opening of the New Braunfels âsuperâ golf course took place June 28, 1940. This golf course was the answer to the prayers of New Braunfels native golfers and tourists since the closing of the Comal Country Club â especially since the new course was constructed in the city. Civic organizations sponsoring this course included: Lions Club, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Earlier civic-minded citizens had been willing workers on the proposed project but found the job of financing it to be impossible. On September 8, 1939, a telegram from Congressman Richard M. Kleberg announced that a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Improvement Plan fund of $41,545 had been appropriated for construction of a 9 hole golf course. The 25% citizenâs share of the $50,000 total cost was raised by local subscriptions from golfers with each subscriber receiving in coupons the exact amount of his subscription. The c
Celebrating Texas Arbor Day in Landa Park herald-zeitung.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-zeitung.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.