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He was a man of the people, and his legacy is celebrated at the LBJ State and National Parks.

"I think one of the things that President Johnson wanted the public to see here was how life was like when he grew up. And what made him do many of the legislative acts that he did," Iris Neffendorf, with LBJ State Park and Historic Site, said.

A self-guided tour takes park visitors to the actual places that highlighted LBJ’s life, including his childhood home, his first school and what he called his Western White House, the place where he and Mrs. Johnson spent their final years.

"The park is so unique. It has so many things about it," Neffendorf said. "It’s an historical park because it’s a presidential park. But along with that, it comes with some really neat things that touch base with nature. The nature trail, and the deer and the buffalo. And in the spring, the fields are beautiful with wildflowers."

Then there’s a unique place here called the Sauer/Beckmann Living History Farm.

"This is a true working farm," Eugene Bonds, who works at the farm, said. "It was all very basic. No running water, no electricity. It depicts life as a working farm in 1915."

"It was one of the ideas of LBJ to actually have this happen, the concept of having people realizing what life was like without electricity and running water," the farm's Virginia Grona explained. "And he said 'People aren’t going to know that if we don’t somehow preserve that.'"

For more information on LBJ State Park and Historic Site or any other state park in Texas, visit TPWD.state.tx.us.