SFASU Mast Arboretum Fall Foliage
SFA Mast Arboretum Reserach Associate explains why fall 2008 is having some excellent autumn color. The East Texas Area will is a beautiful place to tour this year!
Discover the Mast Arboretum...Only in Nacogdoches!
The oldest town in Texas is a great place to spend a romantic weekend. Redefine: Honey Do List as you enjoy an easy stroll through the Mast Arboretum on the accessible campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. Hike and bike miles of scenic trails, discover experimental and native gardens, shop in one-of-a-kind stores, enjoy live local music and stay in a landmark hotel or historic bed & breakfast retreat. Imagine the time you'll have together....Only in Nacogdoches.
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Featured attractions: Mast Arboretum and Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden
Explore the Mast Arboretum...Only in Nacogdoches!
Redefine: Family Time. Enjoy an easy stroll through the Mast Arboretum on the accessible campus of Stephen F. Austin State University, explore hands-on museums, shop in a genuine mercantile store, and stay in a historic hotel or bed & breakfast retreat.
Top 14. Best Tourist Attractions in Nacogdoches, Texas
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Top 14. Best Tourist Attractions in Nacogdoches, Texas: Nacogdoches Visitor's Center, Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden, Millard's Crossing Historic Village, Sterne Hoya House Museum, Old University Building, Lanana Creek Trail, Stone Fort Museum, Piney Woods Native Plant Center, SFA Mast Arboretum, Durst-Taylor House and Garden
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Tour of Austin Texas by Arboretum area.
Austin Arboretum Aerial
First flight on my Phantom 2 drone.
LaNana Creek Part 2
THE LANANA CREEK TRAIL
The LaNana Creek Trail began as a project of Nacogdoches Texas Sesquicentennial in
1966. The purpose was to construct a 2-1/2 mile hiking-biking path extending from Main Street north to
East Austin Street. The Sesquicentennial Committee's plan was to preserve, beautify, and utilize the flood banks of LaNana Creek for the people of Nacogdoches, and to leave the LaNana Creek Trail as a lasting remembrance of Texas 150th birthday.
The trail was once a pathway for Nacogdoches Indians, a tribe of the Caddo Confederacy who
Who lived on the high ground between LaNana and Banita creeks. Nacogdoches means The place that is high in the Caddo language. Spanish colonials walked the trail along the creek and built their town of Nacogdoches between the two creeks. The trail is now in the most historic area of old Nacogdoches. Near the beginning of The Trail is Camino Real Park are the homes of Haden Edwards and Adolphus Sterne, the New Orleans Greys' campground, Oak Grove Cemetery, Zion Hill Cemetery, and the Holy Springs of Father Margil.
The LaNana Creek Trail runs north from Camino Real through Margil Park and the Eyes of Father Margil. The trail follows LaNana Creek through Pecan Acres Park to the Stephen F. Austin State University campus. The SFA Mast Arboretum and Tucker Woods are on university land. The trail ends in the north at Jimmy Hinds Park on East Austin Street.
LaNana Creek Trail was cleared and constructed by volunteers under committee guidance of F.E. Abernathy, Chairman Archie McDonald, John Anderson, and Carroll Schoenewolf.
Imagine the time you'll have together....Only in Nacogdoches!
Redefine: Family Time. Enjoy beautiful Lake Nacogdoches, explore hands-on museums, hike and bike miles of scenic trails, shop in a genuine mercantile store, and stay in a historic hotel or bed & breakfast retreat.
LaNana Creek Part 5.1
JIMMY HINDS PARK & PINEY WOODS NATIVE PLANT CENTER
The LaNana Creek Trail's North end begins with the Jimmy Hinds Park. Jimmy Hinds was an agriculture teacher at SFA, who used this place of LaNana Creek bottomland for a garden before World War II. The family's generosity has let this special woodland treasure be something for all to enjoy.
The Piney Woods Native Plant Center, or Tucker Woods until recently, used to be called the Blount Woods in early times, because the thirty-nine wooded acres on LaNana Creek belonged to Stephen Blount. Mrs. Edward Blount Tucker inherited the woods from her father and built the Tucker House on the property in the late 1930's. SFA bought the Tucker estate from the heirs in 1986, and in 2000 SFA officially designated the property as the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, only the third garden to be affiliated with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
The Pineywoods Native Plant Center is filled with old growth hickory, sweetgum, red oaks, and many of the creek bottom trees of East Texas. This patriarch forest was thinned dramatically by a twister that came through in 1999 and by droughts in 1997-2000. In 1991, the LaNana Creek Trail volunteers began clearing the path through the briars, brush, and privet hedge that grew along the creek bank and under the forest canopy. The LaNana Creek Trail through the Tucker Woods was finished in 1993. In 1994 an Eagle Scout project built a walkway across a creek drain and swamp, and another trail was cut from the LaNana Creek Trail west to Raguet Street. This was called the Tucker Woods Trail.
The Tucker Woods are now and forever more the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, a university resource directed by SFA Professors James Kroll of the College of Forestry and Dave Creech of the SFA Mast Arboretum.
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Nacogdoches - Nacogdoches, Texas
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As the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches is filled with remnants of Texas' compelling past and is firmly entrenched in the culture and traditions of the Lone Star State. The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Nacogdoches provides visitors the perfect diving off point for exploring this historic city and the surrounding area. If you're searching for hotels in Nacogdoches, TX with corporate amenities, remember that our modern facilities boast a 24-hour business center and a 600-square-foot meeting room. We are located near numerous area businesses, including Pilgrim's Pride, Tyson, Cooper Power Systems, Parker Hannifin and Nibco. While visiting, guests can tour Stephen F. Austin State University and explore the campus' lovely Ruby Mize Azalea Gardens or Mast Arboretum, where visitors can enjoy the beauty of Texas' native flora alongside plants from across the country. During the summer, be sure to participate in the annual Blueberry Festival or go boating and swimming at nearby Lake Nacogdoches. Stone Fort Museum and the Sterne-Hoya House are nearby. Besides serving the complimentary, hot Express Start Breakfast Bar each morning, we also offer free high-speed, wireless Internet access throughout our hotel's accommodations. While in Nacogdoches, TX, guests can take a dip in our outdoor pool with a rock fountain or watch the deer that frequent the meadow behind our property. Book your room now!
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SFASU French 235
French 235, Nacogdoches, History
Azalea Trail - March 1-31, 2013 - Discover Nacogdoches together!
Explore Texas' Largest Azalea Garden
Springtime in the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden showcases the blooms of one the United States' most diverse azalea collections. This flowering centerpiece is just one of many attractions during the annual Nacogdoches Azalea Trail. Walk, drive or bike more than 20 miles of azalea trails throughout beautifully manicured and historic residential districts. Stay for world-class museums, unique shopping and a relaxing room in a landmark hotel or charming B&B.
Don't miss exclusive Azalea Trail events, including:
*Azalea Symposium and Guided Tour
*Downtown Sidewalk Sale
*Floral Design Showcase
*Nacogdoches Farmers' Market Spring Fling
888-OLDEST-TOWN | NacogdochesAzaleas.com
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Fall Colors, Huntsville, Texas, November 2009
Fall Colors, Huntsville, Texas, November 2009
SFA Flowering emmenopteris henryi
Rare emmenopteris henryi tree flowers at SFA's Mast Arboretum.
SFASU Azalea Garden in Bloom
This last spring the SFA Azalea garden was in full bloom.
Green Mountain Energy Sun Club donates solar panels to SFA
Green Mountain Energy Sun Club donated $30,000 to SFA for an installation of a solar array system to provide energy for the new Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building. The system should supply 60 to 80 percent of the building's energy needs.