South Texas Historical Association


 

50th Annual Fall Meeting

Friday, October 31 - Saturday, November 1, 2003  Kingsville, Texas

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The South Texas Historical Association
and the Texas State Historical Association
celebrate
The 150th Anniversary of the King Ranch.
The Opening of the New Kenedy Ranch Museum at Sarita.

and the 50th Anniversary of the South Texas Historical Association

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Program

Friday October 31, 2003

 2:30 P.M.  Registration at the King Ranch Museum, 405 N 6th St., Kingsville.  Board buses for presentation by docents and tour of the King Ranch.
 6:00 P.M.  Camp Supper of carne guisada and pan de campo at King Ranch hunting lease
 7:30 P.M.  Return to King Ranch Museum

Saturday, November 1, 2003

 8:00 A.M.  Coffee and pan dulce at the Little Theatre on the Texas A&M University-Kingsville campus
 9:00 A.M.  Greetings
 9:30 A.M.  Family Life at Sarita - by Laurie Jasinski, TSHA researcher
 10:00 A.M.  Mifflin Kenedy and His Ranch - by Cecilia Aros Hunter, Archivist, South Texas Archives
 10:30 A.M.  Design of the Kenedy Ranch Museum - by Steve Harding, Steve Harding Design
 11:00 A.M.  Convoy to Kenedy Museum, Sarita, Texas
 11:30 A.M.  Tour of Museums, Kenedy Ranch, and lunch on Museum grounds
 3:00 P.M.  Return to Kingsville

 

Price: No registration fee for conference
  King Ranch tour & camp supper, Friday, $17
  Kenedy Museum barbecue, Saturday, $10
   
  Limited seating on buses.
  Tours and meals are limited to the first 150 TSHA/STHA members
  who return a check made out to the South Texas Historical Association to:
   
 

Cecilia Aros Hunter
South Texas Archives and Special Collections
MSC #197
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX 78363-8202

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DUES: South Texas Historical Association $15.00 Individual; $20.00 couple.  Members receive a copy of The Journal of South Texas (at Spring and Fall meetings).  Dues are accepted at the Spring or Fall meeting or send dues to:
  Professor Larry Knight, Treasurer, South Texas Historical Association
  c/o Department of History
  MSC #166
  Texas A&M University-Kingsville
  700 University Blvd.
  Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
   

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