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*August 26, 2024
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"The Friends of the Texas Historical Commission partners with the Texas Historical Commission to preserve and promote the real places and real stories of Texas, including our state historic sites [ [link removed] ]. "
GALA: Tastes of Texas—Along the El Camino Real de los Tejas [ [link removed] ]
Tastes of Texas FTHC Gala
Come celebrate Texas history with us! Tickets and tables are on sale now for the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission’s 2024 biennial gala celebrating preservation, history, and our strong and enduring partnership with the Texas Historical Commission. This year, we'll be highlighting foodways and culinary traditions in Texas history with a special menu and a keynote presentation by "*José Ralat*", editor at Texas Monthly. We can't wait to see you there!"*
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*Tastes of Texas—Along the El Camino Real de los Tejas*
*"Presenting Sponsor – Culinary Curator: Chairman John L. Nau III"*
*Wednesday, October 9, 2024
**6:00 PM Cocktails **|** 7:00 PM Dinner **| ** Program & Awards **|** Live Auction*
The Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
2110 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78712
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Life and Death on Texas’ Antebellum Frontier: From the Red River to El Paso [ [link removed] ]
“A Taint on the Wind” by Frederic Remington (1906), courtesy of the Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth, TX [ [link removed] ]
“A Taint on the Wind” by Frederic Remington (1906), courtesy of the Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth, TX
This is the story of Texas’ antebellum frontier, from the Red River to El Paso, a raw and primitive country, punctuated by chaos, lawlessness, and violence. During this time, the federal government and the State of Texas often worked at cross purposes, their confused and contradictory policies leaving settlers on their own to deal with vigilantes, lynchings, raiding Native Americans, and Anglo American outlaws. However, this is also the tale of the Butterfield Overland Mail, which carried passengers and mail west from St. Louis to San Francisco through Texas. While it operated, the transcontinental mail line intersected and influenced much of Texas’s frontier history. Join us to learn more about this fascinating part of Texas history!
*Presenter:* Dr. Glen Sample Ely is the award-winning author of "The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861" (University of Oklahoma Press, 2016) and "Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity" (Texas Tech University Press, 2011). His work has won the Award of Excellence in Preserving History from the Texas Historical Commission [ [link removed] ] as well as Gold and Silver Wilder Awards from the Texas Association of Museums.
***Date*: **Thursday, Sept. 5, 6 p.m. Central
***Platform*: **Zoom ("Registrants will receive the link in their registration confirmation email and a follow up email to attend closer to the event date. Please watch your spam/junk folders!")
***Cost: *Free **("Donations [ [link removed] ] in support of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission are welcome and appreciated!")
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We’ve Been Working on the Railroad! [ [link removed] ]
Female Railroad Worker [ [link removed] ]
"We’ve Been Working on the Railroad!" is a presentation that shares a rarely told story of the women who kept the country rolling and helps celebrate the history of women on the railroad. Join Mandy Lockaby, a female freight conductor for BNSF Railways, as these women are brought back to life from the pages of history and Mandy shares her own experiences of life on the rail.
*Presenter:* Mandy Lockaby has worked for BNSF as a conductor sine 2013. Mandy serves on the executive board for the Slaton Harvey House where she gets to share her love for the railroad with some of the most amazing people, working together to preserve an important part of West Texas railroad history.
***Date*: **Thursday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m. Central
***Platform*: **Zoom ("Registrants will receive the link in their registration confirmation email and a follow up email to attend closer to the event date. Please watch your spam/junk folders!")
***Cost: *Free **("Donations [ [link removed] ] in support of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission are welcome and appreciated!")
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