Johnson City is adjacent to the LBJ ranch, which is now a national historical park. I imagine it was a fairly busy place during the LBJ administration as LBJ was frequently there at the "Texas White House." I worked at Randolph AFB in the Northeast part of San Antonio for 15 years, and I heard stories about LBJ's plane (I guess it was AF One) landing at Randolph when he returned to the ranch. But the ranch is a fairly long drive from Randolph, 50 miles or so. Maybe they used a helicopter for that leg of the trip.
Interesting side note, Dennis. When Ladybird got her hands on the Interstate Hiway Trust Fund about 1965, the original Interstate 37 was commissioned from the LBJ Ranch in Johnson City to Joske's Department Store in Downtown San Antonio. That portion of IH37 was never finished and the part north of downtown S.A. which had been completed was decommissioned and became US 281 in the late 1970's. How LBJ got from Joske's to Randolph AFB... I don't have a clue. I was a network reporter assigned to the SA/LBJ news bureau... but that story never made it out of the newsroom.
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