Fort Davis National Historic Site Welcomes Visitors
Fort Davis National Historic Site reports 135000 visitors last year, up 26 percent. Exhibits include a museum, eight glass displays, a 17 minute film Age of the Buffalo, and the Retreat Parade Program daily at 4 pm with weekend extras. Park rangers assist visitors and answer questions, with talks, conducted tours, and off site presentations available to groups.
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Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Davis
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National Park System
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Saddest blows strike Fort Davis as deaths toll rises
Martha Levi Withers 58 dies unexpectedly, wife of Robert C Withers, married 1913 Buna and moved to Fort Davis in 1925 for health. War casualty Lt. Robert Evans reported killed in France December 20. Bill Clark on 30 day furlough from overseas. Missionary Society program hosted by Mrs Worth Frans. list of participants and local family ties noted. Adam's Peak sacred to four faiths cited with legends.
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Martha Levi
Mattie Lee
Justice Withers
Robert C Withers
Mr. Withers
Buna
Texas
Fort Davis
Robert E. Fvans
Magdalena
N.M
War Department
France
Lee Glasscock
Pearl A. Jackson
Marfa
James P. Fspy
Adam's Peak
Ceylon
Buddha
Siva
St Thomas
Adam
Cultural Study Planned Here In Alpine Texas
Mrs. Judith H. Dirks and Mrs. Doyle Vincent of the Alpine Woman's Club are named local coordinators for a statewide cultural resources inventory in Alpine. John Ben Shepperd of Odessa leads the new Texas Fine Arts Commission effort to catalog arts organizations, artists, and collections and to publish a Who's Who in Texas arts.
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Judith H. Dirks
Doyle Vincent
Alpine Woman's Club
Alpine
Texas Fine Arts Commission
Ted Johnston
Texas Federation of Women's Club
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Fine Arts Commission
Dirks
Vincent
Texas
Shepperd
Alpine Garden Club Meeting At Mrs Spence Home
The Alpine Garden Club will meet at 3 p.m. Friday January 13 in the home of Mrs Ray Spence. An around table discussion on tuberous plants will be held and all members are invited to attend. TRIO HOST DANCE hosts party for 8th grade friends at Methodist Student Center January 6.
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Alpine Garden Club
Ray Spence
David Newell
Tommy Connor
Joe Busuttil
Methodist Student Center
1889 Daimler Car Sets Speed Record in Texas Arts Drive
The Daimler motorcar astonished observers by reaching 11 miles per hour on Texas roads in 1889, marking a notable point in the era's automotive and arts development landscape.
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Daimler
NASA approves 400000 contract increase for Mt. Locke telescope
NASA boosts funding for the 105 inch reflecting telescope project at McDonald Observatory Mt Locke Jeff Davis County. The UT led effort totals 3.1 million and aims for 1968 completion with Leavett Construction Co and Westinghouse Corp handling dome and telescope construction respectively.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonald Observatory
Mt. Locke
Jeff Davis County
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
University of Texas
NASA
Fl Paso
Leavett Construction Co
Westinghouse Corp
Sunnyvale
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Davis
William
Bill) Clark
J.H. Clark
San Diego
Lenneys
Penney
Adonna
Lycra
Learange
Garden Club
Sue & Leo
Ponderosa
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