BASTROP - Todd McClanahan surveys the fire-blackened tree trunks poking out of a thick carpet of ash, a normally green world turned black and gray. "You should have seen it in color," says McClanahan, ...

The Civilian Conservation Corps put Americans to work back in the Depression era. The fruit of their labor can still be enjoyed today at the cabins of Bastrop State Park. These humble architectural ...

BASTROP, Texas — From a hilltop known as "The Scenic Outlook," Nicholas McClendon scanned thousands of acres of Central Texas until he spotted something familiar: the green crown of a pine tree. "That ...

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BASTROP, Texas — Todd McClanahan surveys the fire-blackened tree trunks poking out of a thick carpet of ash, a normally green world turned black and gray. “You should have seen it in color,” says ...