by Pamela Morales | Jan 28, 2019 | News, Programs & Special Events
The Chisholm Trail is one of the most famous cattle herding trails in the United States. Many claim the trail start and end points were from Donna, Texas, to the state of Kansas. It was a long drive, but there was another trail that off-shoots from Texas: The...
by Pamela Morales | Jan 25, 2019 | News, Programs & Special Events
Let’s have fun! Susan LeMiles, a local author, will entertain museum visitors with tales, bloopers and little-known facts about the Rio Grande Valley’s role in the American Civil War—with some details not “fit for museums.” LeMiles’ presentation, “Shenanigans on the...
by Pamela Morales | Jan 24, 2019 | News, Programs & Special Events
At an outreach event in 2017, hundreds of schoolchildren piled off buses, and upon seeing a figure in rugged leather boots, waistcoat, breeches and leather tricorn hat, shouts of exclamation began. The full Spanish colonial costume, worn by the Museum of South Texas...
by Pamela Morales | Jan 21, 2019 | News, Staff
MOSTHISTORY BEGINS SEARCH FOR NEW CEOThe Museum of South Texas History has launched the search for a new CEO to follow its long-serving Executive Director Shan Rankin, who will be stepping down later in 2019. Under Rankin’s leadership over the past three decades, the...
by Pamela Morales | Jan 18, 2019 | News, Programs & Special Events
According to the Texas Historical Commission guide on the Chisholm Trail, “[h]istorians have long debated aspects of the Chisholm Trail’s history, including the exact route and even its name. Although they may argue over specifics, most would agree that the decades of...
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