In 1889, a Texas family settled on ranchland along the Colorado River; 137 years later, more than 3,100 acres have become a new state park, with trails opening to visitors as restoration and developme...
In 1889, John Fletcher and Mattie Lou Vann settled on a piece of ranchland along the Colorado River in Central Texas. The couple raised seven children there, and generations of their family continued to use the property for ranching, cutting cedar and operating a fishing camp.