Tags: ELCAT
2020 El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Highlights
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) OUTREACH Reports — ElCaT, NPS, & Texas Historical Commission collaborated to put out the first-ever Joint Trail Report for the Camino. Panels — The NPS contracted with The 106 Group to create interpretive panels…
2019 El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Highlights
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) OUTREACH Programs — ELCAT created a traveling museum exhibit titled, “El Camino Real de los Tejas: Its History, People, and Places.” Partnerships — ELCAT worked with local leaders in Zapata County toward the first…
El Camino Real de los Tejas NHT: 2018 Highlights
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) OUTREACH Texas Parks and Wildlife Department featured the trail in its Spring 2018 magazine and during its weekly PBS series, which aired across Texas in February 2018. It’s estimated that 100,000s of viewers were…
Lobanillo Swales: Partnerships foster trail development
By Steven Gonzales, Executive Director, El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) has been working on a trail protection and development project for the last several years. The project is focused on…
El Camino Real de los Tejas NHT 2017 Highlights
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) OUTREACH Media — Filmed the trail with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff for a weekly PBS series airing in early 2018. The activity was covered extensively on social media and published in the…
Hurricane Damage Reports from El Camino Real de los Tejas NHT Association
By Steven Gonzales, Executive Director of the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast. Coming on shore just north of Corpus Christi as a Category 4 storm (130-156 MPH), the…