A Call For Volunteers to Replant Bastrop State Park
Greetings All;
This
message has nothing directly to do with either archeology or history
but is somehow connected to both. We all know about the devastating
wild fires in the Bastrop area just over a year ago. Many of us know
someone who lost a home or business there.
Our
beautiful Bastrop Lost Pines State Park was virtually wiped out. Only
through heroic efforts of a few brave souls were the historic structures
within the park saved. The total loss of underbrush exposed dozens of
heretofore unknown archeological sites.
We,
the people of Texas, have an opportunity to volunteer in the replanting
of several hundred thousand pine seedlings in the park and other areas
near Bastrop. If you wish to participate in this important activity by
helping to plant seedlings or, if you cannot participate in person, wish
to donate to this worthy cause, you may follow these links to sign up:
Organizer for the TxPWD Sign-up page: http://www.arborday.org/takeaction/disasters/lost-pines.cfm
Sunday December 2 (8am-noon): http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1244910.jsp
Thursday, December 13 (8am-noon): http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1244918.jsp
Saturday, December 29 (8am-noon): http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1244923.jsp
Sunday December 30 (8am-noon): http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1244928.jsp
Thursday, January 10 (8am-noon): http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1244931.jsp
Saturday January 12 (8am-noon): http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1244937.jsp
Sunday January 13 (8am-noon): http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1244943.jsp
Sunday, January 27 (8am-noon): http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1244949.jsp
Let’s help replant the lost pines! The number of volunteers for any given day is limited. Sign-up soon.
Steve Davis
Support Texas Archeology & History Research
eMail: steve.davis@STAHR.us
www.STAHR.us
"Preserve, Protect & Promote our Precious Texas Heritage"
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Friends of the Texas Historical Commission
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Your support of the Texas Historical Commission is key to saving the real places telling the real stories of Texas.
Visit the new Friends site to learn more about current projects such as the Fulton Mansion restoration project and the Texas in the Cold War initiative.
Visit www.thcfriends.org and make a gift today!
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150th Anniversary of the Battle of Galveston!
Hello history buffs!
Professor, author, and historian William Davis, from Virginia Tech, will be the keynote speaker at the Battle of Galveston 150th Anniversary Celebration to be held January 11th through 13th, 2013.
The event is hosted by Galveston
Historical Foundation. I have been on the planning committee and I can
tell you - this is going to be an awesome event!
Through a Humanities Texas grant
all lectures will be free and open to the public. And we have some
incredible speakers on tap. Only the exhibit at the Texas Seaport
Museum, a few tours, and the Southern Banquet will have fees. Most
exhibits, the lectures, and the living history events are free.
Lectures include:
“The Sinking of the USS Hatteras by CSS Alabama”
“The Monstrous Regiment of Women – Women Soldiers in the Civil War” (by Dr. William Davis)
“Warrior Women, Lady Spies in the Civil War”
“The British Opinion of the American Civil War”
At the Southern Banquet (Jan 12th, Garten Verein, $50/person) Dr. Davis will speak on:
“The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray”
Go to http://galvestonhistory.org/Battle_of_Galveston.asp for a schedule of events and to sign up/buy tickets.
Also, they are looking for
volunteers for ticket-taking and other easy tasks. If you want to get
involved, call Jami Durham at 409 765 3409.
Please share this with your friends.
Helen
Helen D. Mooty
Director, Galveston County Museum
123 Rosenberg, Suite 4157
Galveston, TX 77550
