2006 Events

• view Walburg Zion Lutheran Church and School Dedication of State     
          Historical Marker

• view Volunteers Appreciation Party 12/9/2006 at the Inner Space Cavern

• view  HUTTO CEMETERY HISTORICAL MARKER
          DEDICATION CEREMONY

• The Taylor Brethren Church Historical Marker Dedication
  click here to view the dedication celebration 

• Dr. Clark Wernecke, Gault Project Director, spoke on the “Forgotten Heroes of the Republic: An Archeological Study of the Mass Grave from the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, May 9, 1846.”
  click here for details

• Guest speaker Dr. J’Nell L. Pate presented a talk on
   "The Folks who traveled the Chisholm Trail", on Sept. 28th 2006.
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• view  the Up the Chisholm Trail in Historic Georgetown event:
  In the latter half of the 19th Century, cattlemen rounded up longhorns by the millions in Texas, cropped their ears, branded their hides, and drove them north across the Indian Nations into Kansas along the Chisholm trail to the rail heads to be shipped back east. Somewhere along the way, without intending to do more than work for a hard day's pay and board, they launched the legend of the American cowboy.  see link for detail
   

• view THE TRAIL DRIVERS OF TEXAS RISING TO THE STARS
        a day of discovery, dialogue and celebration
        

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• HISTORIAN ROBERT H. THONHOFF SPOKE ON THE BATTLE OF
  MEDINA, THE BLOODIEST BATTLE EVER FOUGHT ON TEXAS SOIL.
  click here for more information

• The Texas Historical Commission (THC) honored Chris Dyer, director of the Williamson County Historical Museum, with the John L. Nau, III Award of Excellence in Museums.
  view PDF file (a special credit for this write up to the Williamson County Sun)

• Cowboy Singer, Songwriter, & Historian K. R. Wood Performed at the Museum’s Annual Summer History Explorer’s Day at Chandler Park.  
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  Georgetown, TX – May 24, 2006– Summertime in Williamson County can only mean one thing; it was time once again for the Williamson County Historical Museum’s annual Summer History Explorer’s Day!  This year’s theme was “A Day in the Life of a Cowboy.” K. R. Wood, acclaimed singer, songwriter, and historian, performed his famous Western Show at the event that included live music, cowboy sing-a-longs, an authentic cowboy camp, stick-horse rodeo, and historical chuck wagon.

• view the Winning Entries of the 3-Legged Willie Birthday Card Contest

• view Quester Donation 2006
  The Sage in Bloom Questers recently made a generous contribution to be used to fund the conservation and storage of the Williamson County Historical Museum's historic quilt collection.
   

• view Central Texas Questers
  The C.T. Questers met on Wed., June 14th at the Williamson County Museum in Georgetown to present $900 to the Director, Chris Dyer. This donation will be used to purchase much needed exhibit cases for the museum.

• May 3, 2006 (Georgetown, TX) –- Williamson County Historical Museum held a cemetery tour and tombstone rubbing demonstration -
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  Williamson County Historical Museum hosted a free tour of the historic Lawrence Chapel Cemetery on Saturday, May 20, and had a demonstration of tombstone rubbing techniques.
  Lawrence Chapel Cemetery, is the resting place of many of Williamson County's earliest settlers, it is in southeastern Williamson County and lies approximately 15 miles southeast of Taylor on CR 473. Most notable among the cemetery's "residents" is Adam Lawrence and several members of the Olive family.

• view Old Settler’s Associaiton and Williamson County Historical Museum
  Celebrate Three-Legged Willie’s 200^th Birthday Pioneer Day Celebration 
   

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• view W.C. Courthouse Statue Removal 3-16-06
  Georgetown, TX – March 16, 2006– On Thursday, workers removed the statue from the courthouse dome by crane and loaded it on to a trailer where it was taken to the county maintenance office and gently cleaned. The statue is now on display at the Williamson County Historical Museum at 716 S. Austin Avenue in Georgetown so that the public will have the opportunity for the first time to get a close-up look of this 96 year-old statue. 

The Williamson County Historical Museum opens its newest exhibit.
A Heritage to Draw From”, featuring the folk woodcarvings of Rod Johnson and his late father, Sigurd E. Johnson of Jonah. The exhibit opened at the museum on Friday Dec. 2^nd 2006 at 12:00PM.
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The Museum Celebrates Black History Month with Guest Speaker
On February 16th, the Williamson County Historical Museum welcomed guest Karen Riles
who will spoke on the topic of African-American history in Central Texas. Riles is the Austin History Center’s Neighborhood Liaison and the state’s leading expert on the topic of
Rosenwald Schools and African-America history.
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Museum Honors the Memory of Baylor University’s 1927
Round Rock Bus Crash Victims, “The Immortal Ten” by Bob Brinkman 
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