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A chain of sand dunes extend for 130 miles, three to five miles wide. Archeological findings show that the area was inhabited 6,000 year ago. Comanches camped in the area because of wild game, vegetation, and protection from the wind and the availability of water. Spanish explorers and later Anglo-Americans used the old Indian trails that passed along these dunes. On F.M. 168 south of town.

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Things to do near Olton, TX

Parks

38 parks offer outdoor recreation, including swimming pools, jogging trails, golf, tennis, picnicking and children's fishing ...

Red River Valley Museum

Exhibits include more than 140 mounts in the William A. Bond Game Trophy Room; archaeological exhibit, and Indian artifacts i...

Sand Crawl Museum

Named for the Sand Crawl formation south of town, the museum features pictorial representations of the area from Pleistocene ...

Robert Wood Johnson Museum of Frontier Medicine

Instruments, medicines, surgical kits, hospital furniture, and other items of a typical 19th-century frontier hospital; some ...

Fort Richardson State Park and Historic Site & Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway

Most northerly of line of Federal posts established in Texas after Civil War to halt Indian depredations. Among regimental co...