Cheap Things To Do in Belton, Texas

Exhibits focus on the first 100 years of Bell County history, from 1850 to 1950. The Miriam A. Ferguson Collection chronicles the life and times of Texas' first female governor, who was a Bell Coun... More on traveltex

The Bell County Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the historical and cultural heritage of the Bell County region. The Museum guides visitors through the unique and varied history of Bell C... More on Heritage

The museum is inactive at this time. Due to rapidly expanding enrollment and less rapidly expanding building space, it has become necessary to pack up all of the museum items and assign them to storage. Museum staff can only access ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. Built in 1912 at the Santa Fe rail yards in Temple, this planing mill was part of a complex of buildings that housed repair facilities for the railroad. Workers at the mill manufactured replacement parts for wooden elements ... More on HMDB

Inscription. A stockade and blockhouse of the Republic of Texas. Built in November, 1836, by a unit of some 20 Rangers under Lt. George B. Erath (soldier-statesman for whom Erath County was named). By Christmas they had erected 7 ... More on HMDB

Inscription. A native of South Carolina, Wilson Van Dyke served as a member of the Somervell Expedition, which was organized in 1842 to expel the Mexican Army from Texas. Under command of Col. W. S. Fisher, he crossed the Rio Grande ... More on HMDB

Five miles west of Belton off US 190.Largemouth bass is the most abundant sportfish in the reservoir, although there is also a good population of smallmouth bass. Fair to good populations of channe... More on AnglerWeb.com

Stillhouse Hollow Lake is an impoundment of the Lampasas River about 5 miles southwest of Belton. It was built by the Army Corps ... More on igougo

Inscription. A number of bridges have been built over Salado Creek on Main Street since 1870. After the town of Salado was laid out in 1859, citizens crossed the creek using various combinations of rocks and logs. When local citizens ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Dr. David H. Armstrong, who served as one of the first trustees of the Salado public free schools, and his wife, Julia, built this home between 1869 and 1872. It later became the residence of a succession of Salado doctors, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Pioneer Texan--County Judge, Member of the legislature, President of the board of, trustees of Salado College, Built in 1857, , Erected 1936 by the State of Texas. (Marker Number 5586: ), , Location. 30° 56.74′ ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Built 1860 at edge of an old Indian campground, by James B. Anderson, one of towns founders and a school trustee in Salado. Community leaders, lawyers and doctors have lived here. Boarding here in 1883 while a student ... More on HMDB