Stonewall: Sauer-Beckmann Farm at LBJ State Park & Historic Site

An old wagon in a field

(Texas Parks and Wildlife)

Woman in a prairie costume cooking over a metal stove. Visible are other cooking implements

Demonstration in a typical rural kitchen of 1918. (Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0)

Vegetable garden in front of an old, unpainted wood frame barn

(Texas Parks and Wildlife)

Group of children looking at the vegetable garden in front of a house with a windmill and water storage tank

(Texas Parks and Wildlife)

Three people talking along a fence with two chickens in the foreground

(Texas Parks and Wildlife)

Statue of Lyndon Baines Johnson

Statue of Lyndon B. Johnson, the park’s namesake. (Library of Congress)

Johan and Christine Sauer settled this land in 1869, growing the farm and prospering in agriculture. The Sauers’ original single-room house grew to four rock rooms by the time they sold it to Emil and Emma Beckmann in 1908. Their 1915 cotton harvest was profitable enough to finance a new barn and a house in the then fashionable late Victorian style.

Immerse yourself in the chores, the cooking, the animals, and the people of early 20th century German-Texan farm life at the living history Sauer-Beckmann Farm. Maybe Emma is cooking lunch over the wood-burning stove, or gathering eggs for tomorrow’s breakfast. Talk with Emil after he’s returned from plowing the garden with his team of horses or milked one of the cows. History is vividly brought to life in this interactive German-Texan farm experience.

Sauer-Beckman Living History Farm at LBJ State Park & Historic Site

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