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Texas Travel Destinations BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE Consisting of a number of separate tracts in east Texas, Big Thicket National Preserve was established to protect an area of diverse flora and fauna. There are longleaf pine, cypress, and hardwood forests here, with some virgin pine. Also included are meadows, sandhills, swamps, a number of creeks, and a major stretch of the Neches River. Among the wildlife are coyote, bobcat, and armadillo. Activities: Four of this preserve’s units have trails for hiking and backpacking. Horses are allowed on a single trail, the 18-mile Big Sandy Horse Trail. Canoeing is available on

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Texas Travel Destinations

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The Postwar Era and the Chicano Movement Post-World War II activities laid the groundwork for the later labor and civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. World War II changed many Texans; one of these was Hector P. Garcia, founder of the American GI Forum (AGIF). Garcia had served as an army physician in Europe and had risen to the rank of major, earning a Bronze Star and six battle stars. Afterward he settled in Corpus Christi, where he joined LULAC in 1946, becoming the organization’s president one year later. He became more politically active when he realized that

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