South — Site filing

Sites with a file in Texas

Texas carries 15 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

15 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsSaratoga Light (Bragg Road) — deepest file

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Other Texas filings:Ghost towns20 Hotels8 Forts7 Theaters6 Missions5 Houses4 Naturals4 Historic sites3 Cemeteries3 Caves3

Saratoga Light (Bragg Road)

Saratoga, Texas

The Big Thicket’s ghost light—down a dead-end dirt road.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Spanish Governor’s Palace

San Antonio, Texas

The 1722 presidio residence—where the comandante’s dead are said to walk.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Balinese Room site

Galveston, Texas

The illegal casino on the pier—the Maceos’ empire, drowned by Ike.

2 claims · 1 legend→

1900 Storm site

Galveston, Texas

September 8, 1900—the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Texas State Capitol

The 1888 pink granite dome—where the legislators’ ghosts reportedly argue.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Moonlight towers

The 1894 light towers—the last of their kind in the world.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mount Carmel site

February-April 1993—the compound where the siege ended in fire.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Texas City disaster site

Texas City, Texas

April 16, 1947—the ammonium nitrate explosion that leveled the port.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Devil’s Backbone

Wimberley, Texas

The FM 32 ridge road—where the shadows reportedly cross.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Treue der Union

The monument to the Union dead—killed by Confederates in 1862.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Washington-on-the-Brazos

Washington, Texas

March 2, 1836—where Texas declared independence.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mission San Juan

San Antonio, Texas

The 1731 mission on the river—the working church in the fields.

Spindletop

Beaumont, Texas

January 10, 1901—the gusher that made Texas oil.

Wonder World Cave

San Marcos, Texas

The 1903 cave park—Texas’s first commercial cave.

Aquarena Springs

San Marcos, Texas

The underwater theme park—where Ralph the Swimming Pig dove.

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