Longhorns Prove Tough in Cold Fort Griffin Test
Lester Galbreath recalls a brutal 1970s winter at Fort Griffin State Park where longhorns outlasted modern beef cattle, surviving icy pastures and scarce water while ranchers’ stock struggled. He notes longhorns’ hardiness, range ability, and historical lineage from Spanish cattle, now attracting renewed rancher interest and research at Texas A&M into fat content.
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Lester Galbreath
Fort Griffin State Park
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West
Albany
Galbreath
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Southwest
Roy Gregg
Gregg
Texas A&m University
Union
Alaska
Philadelphia Museum grant aids contemporary prints display
The Philadelphia Museum of Art received a $70,000 grant from Hunt Manufacturing Co. to fund three years of acquisitions and display of contemporary prints and drawings by cutting edge artists.
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Phildelphia
Philadelphia Museum’ of Art
Hunt Manufacturing Co
Hidden Heritage Afro American Art exhibition travels after New York
The Bronx Museum showcases 84 works by Henry O. Vanner and 41 other Black American artists in Hidden Heritage: Afro American Art 1800 1950 with pieces by Joshua Johnston Edmonia Lewis Henry Ossawa Tanner Aaron Douglas and Romare Bearden The exhibit ends with Bearden and travels across the country ending spring 1988 at the Oklahoma Museum of Art.
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New York
Iap
Bronx Museum of
Tanner
Oklahoma Museum of Art
Oklahoma City
David C. Driskell
University of Maryland
Joshua Johnston
Baltimore
Basil Brown
Washburn Gallery
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Rennie
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Rome
France
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Paris
Rem
Brandt
Louvre
Aaron Douglas
Driskell
Douglas
Romare Bearden
Bancroft Prizes Awarded for American History Books
Kenneth T. Jackson of Columbia University and Jacqueline Jones of Wellesley College won the 186 Bancroft Prizes in American history. Jackson earned for Crabtree Frontier and Jones for Labor of Love Labor of Sorrow. Each prize was 4,000 dollars, established to honor exceptional works in American history and diplomacy.
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New York
Kenneth T. Jackson
Columbia University
Jacqueline Jones
Wellesley College
Jackson Wis Citer
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