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Black plaque № 24005

Goliad, TX, United States

Judge James Arthur White and the Civilian Conservation Corps at Goliad State Park. Mississippi native and Goliad County Judge James Arthur White (1878-1953) possessed a fervent interest in Texas history, notably that of his adopted city of Goliad. He began in 1928 to organize support for a state par

k to protect Goliad's many significant historic sites. Judge White drafted a bill in 1931 to create the park and a state-funded bridge and highway (later U.S. 183). Despite the bleak financial prospec

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