Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

The skull and hide of an elephant that went berserk in 1929, preserved in Carmack Watkins' personal museum.
~52 miles from Jewett.

Displays Bonnie and Clyde's shotguns, taken from their Death Car by the Texas Rangers that ambushed them in Louisiana.
~59 miles from Jewett.

David Adicke's 67-ft. tall version of the general who defeated Santa Anna's Mexican Army, was President of the Republic of Texas, Governor of the State of Texas, and a US Senator.
~61 miles from Jewett.

Brookshire (grocery store) family museum started in 1975 features 450 stuffed and mounted animals in wildlife and aquatic scenes from Africa and North America. Also antique trucks and a replica grocery store.
~81 miles from Jewett.

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