News articles on the West Texas Historical Association

Historical Group Slates Meet
(San Angelo Standard-Times, March 25, 1984)

Members of the West Texas Historical Association will meet for their 61st Annual meeting April 6 and 7 in San Angelo at Fort Concho and Rio Concho Manor.

During the two-day meeting, delegates will discuss the history of women, Hispanics, entertainment and education in West Texas.

Registration will run from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 6 in the Fort Concho commissary building. Registration fee is $5.

The afternoon program on Friday will begin at 3 p.m. and run through 4:15 p.m.

Session I, located in Fort Concho's Officers' Quarters No. 8, will focus on "Women in the Southwest." Mrs. John Berry of Clyde will preside.

Topics during the session on women include a look at women missionaries and field matrons on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation, a look at women warriors and images of women in Texas oil towns.

Session II, also at 3 p.m., will feature "Water in West Texas," and will be located in Fort Concho's Officers' Quarters No. 1.

John R. Wunder of Texas Tech University will preside over the session, which will include discussions of the evolution of water conservation in Texas and a look at the West Texas water importation controversy.

From 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, tours of Fort Concho will be offered.

At 6 p.m., a reception will be held in the Fort Concho Commissary Building.

A dinner is scheduled at 7 p.m., with Robert E. Byrns presiding. Dr. Francis Abernathy of the Texas Folklore Society will speak on "Texas Society."

Dinner is $6.35, and reservations for all meals should be made with Ken Jacobs, Hardin-Simmons University, Box 152, Abilene 79698, no later than Monday, April 2.

The meeting will begin on Saturday with a 7:30 a.m. association's board of directors meeting at the Holiday Inn.

From 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., David Murrah of Texas Tech University will preside over a session on "Hispanics in West Texas." The seminar will be located at Rio Concho Manor, Room A.

At the same time, Lawrence Clayton of Hardin-Simmons University will preside over a session on "Higher Education in West Texas," which will include a look at the history of Angelo State University.

San Angelo to Host 61st Area Historical Meeting
(San Angelo Standard-Times, April 6, 1984)

The West Texas Historical Association will open its 61st Annual meeting here today at Fort Concho and Rio Concho Manor. The two-day meeting will conclude tomorrow.

During the session, delegates will discuss the history of women, Hispanics, entertainment and education in West Texas.

Registration will begin at 2:30 p.m. today and continue until 6 p.m. in the Fort Concho commissary building. Registration fee is $5.

This afternoon's program will begin at 3 p.m. and run through 4:15 p.m.

Session I, located in Fort Concho's Officers' Quarters No. 8, will focus on "Women in the Southwest." Mrs. John Berry of Clyde will preside.

Topics during the session on women include a look at women missionaries and field matrons on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation, a look at women warriors and images of women in Texas oil towns.

Session II, also at 3 p.m., will feature "Water in West Texas," and will be located in Fort Concho's Officers' Quarters No. 1.

Visitors will tour Fort Concho from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today.

At 6 p.m., a reception will be held in the Fort Concho Commissary Building.

A dinner is scheduled at 7 p.m., with Robert E. Byrns presiding. Dr. Francis Abernathy of the Texas Folklore Society will speak.

Saturday's session will begin at 7:30 a.m. with a meeting of the association's board of directors at the Holiday Inn.

At 12:30 p.m. a luncheon and business meeting is scheduled in Rio Concho's Manor's West Dining Room, with President J. Conrad Dunagan presiding. Lunch will be $4.25.

Historical Seminars to Continue: Speakers Highlight West Texas Water, Women
(San Angelo Standard-Times, April 7, 1984)

The West Texas Historical Association conducted two seminars Friday at Fort Concho during the opening day of its 61st Annual meeting. The meeting will continue today at Rio Concho Manor.

One seminar featured women in West Texas and another discussed water in West Texas. Mrs. Clyde Berry presided over the seminar on women, which studied women missionaries and field matrons on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation, a look at women warriors and images of women in Texas oil towns.

The second topic, conducted simultaneously, examined the growing potential for a water shortage in Texas.

West Texas Historical Association President J. Conrad Dunagan said two speakers traced the history of the depletion of water resources and steps taken to conserve water. The speakers talked about plans in the 1960s and 1970s to import water from the Mississippi River. The plan was narrowly voted down by Texas voters. The speakers also pointed out that no one has a satisfactory answer to the problem, Dunagan said.

At the banquet at the Fort Concho commissary, Dr. Francis Abernathy entertained about 75 people with a history of songs in Texas.

Sessions scheduled for today at Rio Concho Manor, 401 Rio Concho Drive, include topids of Hispanics in West Texas, Higher Education in West Texas, Entertainment and Entertainers in West Texas, and Business in West Texas.

Today's sessions, which are public, begin at 10 a.m. Lunch will be $4.25.