“It gets in your soul,” Lance Hildreth, a fifth-generation resident of Del Rio, remarked about Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site. I understood his sentiment. Like many visitors, I was drawn to the park by the opportunity to see ancient rock art. Once I was there, the vast canyonlands stirred a curiosity about the layers of Texas history seeping through the land like rainwater through warm limestone (a natural phenomenon that forces you to watch each step when you hike the canyon, even on a dry, sunny afternoon).The 2,172.5-acre park is about three hours west of San Antonio, where the Edwards Plateau, the Chihuahuan Desert, and the South Texas Plains intersect. The drive takes you through a border patrol checkpoint and past Brackettville, where…
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