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Showing posts with label Stone Village Tourist Camp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stone Village Tourist Camp. Show all posts
We're taking part in the #30DaysofBiking challenge this month (see our entry for April 1), and using the opportunity to feature some of the great cycling experiences in our region, including our cycle-friendly hotel properties. First up, the Stone Village Tourist Camp in Fort Davis (built in 1935 and completely renovated), and their unique camp rooms. On the main street in Fort Davis, this property is on the famous cycling route, the Scenic Loop of Jeff Davis County.
Open air camp room at cycle-friendly Stone Village
Tourist Camp in Fort Davis
In addition to regular motel rooms, they also offer open air camp
rooms...sleeping there is a perfect blend of the convenience and comfort
of a motel room and camping outside. You can get full benefit of the
soft desert breezes and cool summer nights!
Stone Village Tourist Camp, 509 State Street, Fort Davis, TX 79734, 432-426-3941, www.stonevillagetouristcamp.com Renovated
1935 tourist court located in the middle of Fort Davis. Cycle-friendly
features include: in-room bike parking; choice of motel-style rooms,
suites (w/microwave and refrigerator) and modernized open air camp rooms
with securable screen doors; wi-fi; next-door access to natural foods
grocery/deli/bakery; pool.
SAVE the DATE! Trappings of Texas at the Museum
of the Big Bend in Alpine!
One of the region's signature events is the Trappings of Texas at the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine. Click here for event information!
Close up of a noseknot on a braided rawhide bosal by Pablo Lozano of Tandil, Argentina. Pablo will have his work available for purchase this February in Trappings of Texas!
For 27 years, the Museum of the Big Bend has exhibited some of the very best cowboy gear and fine Western Art in the longest running event of its kind in the country: Trappings Of Texas. The Exhibit will be open to the public on February 22 - April 14, 2013, with Opening Weekend occurring on February 22-23, 2013.
This one-of-a-kind event opens on Friday, February 22, with a ticketed Opening Reception and Sale. The following day, attend the free Public Auction. All weekend long, visit the chuckwagon behind the museum. The opening weekend offers visitors to the museum an opportunity to meet the men and women who are the creators of the gear and art in the museum’s exhibit and public auction.
To learn more about Trappings of Texas and to purchase tickets, call 432-837-8143or email nacosta@sulross.edu.
Here's a video we made in 2009 for that year's Trappings exhibit and show!
Travel Spotlight!
One of our Texas Mountain Trail cycle-friendly properties welcomes guests to the region all year round! The Stone Village Tourist Camp is a renovated 1935 property in the middle of Fort Davis. From their website:
"Stone Village has been in continuous operation since it's opening in 1935, when the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, came out to build the Davis Mountain State Park and Indian Lodge Complex. The University of Texas McDonald Observatory and the highway were also being built as well as the Balmorhea State Park, home to San Solomon Springs, one of the states largest spring fed pools."
Stone Village Tourist Camp is one of our Texas Mountain Trail member/partners!
The historic Trueheart-Neill House is an 1898 adobe Victorian, situated among volcanic outcropping on a one-acre estate property, located six blocks from the Jeff Davis County Courthouse, on Court Street. Yet, the property is just a short walk from the main street, restaurants and shops of Fort Davis' main street.
The Trueheart-Neill has three suites, all of which share a common kitchen fully stocked for basic cooking, dining room, parlor with a fireplace and a lovely front porch with white rocking chairs. Two of the suites have fireplaces. The guesthouse is operated by the Stone Village Tourist Camp, a recently renovated motor court/motel from 1935, and another fine historic place to stay in Fort Davis.
To learn more about these historic properties, click here.
One hotel property to join our cycle-friendly program recently is the historic 1935 Stone Village Tourist Camp in Fort Davis. The property features 14 comfortable motel rooms, 6 charming camp rooms, heated pool and a landscaped courtyard and patio. All rooms in the motor court provide a sense of rustic comfort with hardwood floors, throw rugs, cedar ceilings. There's plenty of room to park your bicycle right in your room for the night! Next door is the lovely Stone Village Market (their facebook page is here!) for breakfast and lunch treats, and snacks for your day's adventure on the trail or road.
We're happy to feature the Jeff Davis County Courthouse today, and invite you to spend a few minutes visiting the photographs and artifacts on display inside. You'll see images of some of Fort Davis' most recognizable buildings being constructed in the early days of this charming small community. Pictured here is a quilt made in 2004 of many of those buildings important to the history of Fort Davis. Take a few minutes out of your day, to view the quilt and the many fascinating photographs of early life in the Fort Davis area.
The Courthouse was built in 1910 (replacing the original adobe courthouse), in the Classical Revival style, while the clock tower is Beaux-Arts. The alternating horizonal bands of pink are rusticaed stone from locally quarried materials. Here's a link to the history of Jeff Davis County, courtesy of the Texas State Historical Association.
Today's Feature: Stone Village Market
Locals and regional visitors like to pick up trail snacks at Fort Davis' Stone Village Market, as well as enjoy soups, sandwiches and delicious bakegoods. Simple outdoor dining is possible on the front porch of the store, or at a couple of tables inside. Coffee, cold drinks, produce and simple groceries are available at the store too! It is located next to the cycle-friendly 1935 restored Stone Village Tourist Camp!
