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Preservation Week

The Museum of South Texas History will celebrate Preservation Week April 22 through April 28 with a variety of activities at the museum and online.  Preservation Week is an annual […]

Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy

Text from the http://www.humanitiestexas.org/exhibitions/list/by-title/vaquero-genesis-texas-cowboy In the early 1970s, noted Texas historian Joe Frantz offered Bill Wittliff a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—to visit a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros still worked cattle in traditional ways. Wittliff photographed the vaqueros as they went about daily chores that had changed little since the first Mexican cowherders learned to work […]

Mystery Gallery

Photographs provide a unique glimpse into history. They can help tell what is important to the photographer. They can evoke emotions. They allow us to share memories, communicate with others, and form connections. Often, photographs may be the only record of an event.  Perhaps most importantly, photographs pass along stories and memories; they are part […]

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