| "There are 19 State Historical Markers. Recreation possibilities are plentiful, including fishing, swimming, boating and beachcoming. Visitors will find one of the best trout fishing sites in Texas. Surf fishing is especially good in the Fall. A bird watching area which is part of "The Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail" is found on Matagorda Peninsula running from Sargent to Pass Cavallo." |
| "Exhibits include items pertaining to the county's
earliest history including, prehistoic fossils and seashells, a Karankawa
exhit with pottery, arrows, bones and a replica long bow. The role of Stephen F. Austin and others is included in an exhibit on the county's early settlements that includes survey tools, a lithograph by Helmuth Holtz depicting the townsite of Matagorda." |
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