Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
10am-5pm; park 8am-dusk)
preserves and recreates parts of the original settlement. Make sure to
watch the visitor center film before you take a tour of Independence Hall and the town-
site grounds.
Also on the property: the
Star of the Republic Museum
(
www.starmuseum.org
;
23200 Park Rd 12 ; adult/
child $5/3; 10am-5pm)
, run by Blinn College, tells the story of early Texas through artifacts
and exhibits.
Barrington Living History Farm
(
www.tpwd.state.tx.us
; 12300 Park Rd 12; adult/child $5/3;
10am-4pm)
was originally the home of the last president of the Republic of Texas. Today
costumed docents, and real sheep and cows, recreate farm life in the 1850s.
Weekends-only,
R Place
( 936-878-1925;
www.rplacetexas.com
; 23254 FM 1155 E; dishes $5-9, dinner
$18; 11am-6pm Fri, 11am-9pm Sat, 11am-6pm Sun)
serves sandwiches and barbecue and Saturday
night cooks up one main dish at dinner for patrons to enjoy family style.
Head across the Brazos River from here and the topography changes to endlessly flat
floodplains and agricultural fields, with Bryan-College Station 30 miles to the north.
Brenham is 20 miles south; Houston, 80 miles southeast.
