The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1976 Page: 3 of 12
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The Birthplace and Boy-
hood Home are both acces-
sible by wheelchair, but
assistance is needed to get up
and down several steps at
each house.
If you need more specific
information on opportunities
for the handicapped at these
parks, the best way to get it is
by calling or writing the park.
And have a S-U-P-E-R trip;
that is, SAFELY, Use,
Preserve and Enjoy the
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sidewalk level. The Rio
Grande Village campground is
accessible, but the one at the
Basin is not.
The cavalry post at
Castolon, ruins of old ranch
homes, the deserted trading
post at Hot Springs, the vast
Chihuahuan Desert and the
Chisos Mountains may be
viewed by car.
For those concerned with
elevation, the main roads are
from 1,800 feet to 5,800 feet.
All features except the Chisos
Mountains may be viewed
without exceeding 4,000 feet.
—Lyndon B. Johnson Na-
tional Historic Site, which
portrays the history of the
36th President of the United
States.
There are bus tours of the
Birthplace, Boyhood Home,
Johnson Family Cemetery and
LBJ Ranch proper. Wheel-
chairs must be disassembled
to go on buses and assistance
to help driver load passengers
SAFELY,
and Enjoy
beauty of a
sense
GRADUATE RETURNS - Lt. Col. Don E. Karr [left], a
member of the first ROTC graduating class at Texas A&I
University in Kingsville, has returned as professor of
military science. With him is his predecessor, Lt. Col.
Clarence Wittman, transferred to Ft. Sill, Okla. Karr, a
member of the A&I class of 1955, is originally from
Raymondville. Col. Karr formerly taught at Edcouch-Elsa.
America’s national parks
are for the people. All the
people, including the handi-
capped.
The beauty of a high
country lake, the sense of
identity one can find at our
historic shrines, the freedom
and exhilaration one gets from
a trip to the seashore are the
bi^hright of all of us.
And the physically handi-
capped may be pleasantly
surprised at the scope of
activities and facilities avail-
able to them in the National
Park System.
Every effort is make to
afford comfort and conven-
ience to handicapped visitors
— the blind, the dear, those
confined to wheelchairs and
heart and special medical
patients.
Park personnel are trained
in first aid and emergency
treatment and they are alert
to the needs of those who are
restricted in their movements
about the park.
Here’s a capsule summary
of what the handicapped
visitor will find in some
National Park Service areas in
Texas:
-Big Bend National Park,
spectacular mountain and
desert scenery along the
Mexican border.
The administration build-
ing and its restrooms at
Panther Junction are acces-
sible to wheelchairs as is the
first aid building. Restrooms
at Rio Grande Village,
Castolon and Chisos Basin are
also accessible.
All eating and sleeping
facilities have at least one
step at entrances. At the
lodge, non-ambulatory per-
sons can be accommodated
readily as the lobby, dining
room and patio are at
Next week we’ll look at
some more National Park
areas in Texas from the point
of view of the handicapped.
If you are planning a
vacation Right Around Home,
write the National Park
Service, P.O. Box 728, Room
J-4, Santa Fe, N.M. 87501, for
a trip planning guide to those
parks within an easy drive of
your home.
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may be necessary.
Passes to drive privately
owned vehicles to transport
handicapped people to Birth-
place and Cemetery are
available at the LBJ State
Park.
your national parks
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1976, newspaper, August 12, 1976; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1371563/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.