2011 WTHA Lubbock annual meeting summary

Thursday, March 31, 2011

WTHA Board meeting at 11:30 am at the Town Place Hotel
Thursday Evening Event: “Early birds" enjoyed a Motley County Ranch Tour that included stops at the Matador Ranch HQ, the old jail, and the Motley County Historical Museum followed by a buffet supper at the Windmill Café at Roaring Springs ($30.00 – Van Transportation provided).

Friday's schedule, April 1, 2011

Meet and Greet from 8:00 - 9:15 am in the Baker Conference Center (Large Room)
Registration from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the Main area of the Baker Conference Center.

Silent Auction from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the American Heritage Building to benefit the Student Scholarship Fund.
President’s Reception at the Lubbock National Bank Lobby at 916 Main Street from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Attendees got a private viewing of one of the most significant West Texas art murals along with introductory comments by Holle Humphries.
WTHA Banquet from from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Wind Power Center and Museum at 1701 Canyon Lake Drive. Van transportation from hotels available.
Evening program speaker T. Lindsay Baker, W. K. Gordon Endowed Chair in History at Tarleton State University, gave a presentation on "B. H. 'Tex' Burdick's Remembrances of Windmill Work in the Desert Southwest (including West Texas) from the 1920s Through 1940s."

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Sessions

Session #1, Baker Conference Center (Large) Room - Crime and Ghouls in Texas. James E. Brink, Texas Tech University Libraries, presiding

1
Catching a Criminal in Early West Texas, Christina Stephens, Llano Estacado Heritage Foundation

2
Lubbock Ghost Stories & Murders, Rob Weiner, Texas Tech University

3
The Southern Pacific Payroll Robbery of 1924: An Attempted Heist, Murder of an Innocent Man, and an Unexpected International Prisoner Exchange, T. Lindsay Baker, Tarleton State University

Session #2, Baker Conference Center (Small) Room - A Musical People and A Texas Cowboy in Arizona. Jennifer Spurrier, Texas Tech University Libraries, presiding

1
The Lubbock Quartet, Curtis Peoples, Texas Tech University

2
Roy Orbison, Leland Turner, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

3
A Texas Cowboy’s Impact on Arizona, Cynthia Buchanan, Comadre Productions, Ulvalde

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Sessions

Session #3, Baker Conference Center (Large) Room - Whither the Comanche in West Texas? Bruce Glasrud, Seguin, presiding

1 Jose Maria Bill, Antonio Bill, Alice

2 Quanah & Cynthia Ann Parker, Clara Ruddell, Tarrant County Historical Commission

3 Visions of Texas West - Comanche Sites and the Paintings of Texas Artist Frank Reaugh, Robert Reitz, South Oak Cliff

Session #4, Baker Conference Center (Small) Room - Health and Dairying. Peggy Hardman, Eastern New Mexico University-Portales, presiding

1
Bad Roads, Sore Throats and Flies: Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever on the South Plains, Mari L. Nicholson-Preuss, Houston. 2010 Fellow of the Excellence in West Texas History Program

2
'Chasing the Cure:' The State Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Carlsbad, Heather Wylie, Angelo State University

3
Texas Tech Dairy Barn, Amy Mire, Texas Tech University

Lunch break from 10:45-11:00 a.m.

1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Sessions

Session #5, Baker Conference Center (Large) Room - Sports and Politics West Texas Style. Sean Cunningham, Texas Tech University, presiding

1
Myths of Woman’s Athletic History: Women Who Accomplish the Impossible, Bill Tynan, Texas Tech University

2
'He Stole My Courthouse:' S. B. Hale and the Hansford County Seat Fight of the 1920s, David Murrah, Rockport

Session #6, Baker Conference Center (Small) Room - More Valuable Than Gold: Water in West Texas. Kevin Sweeney, Wayland Baptist University, presiding

1
Aquifers, Springs, Wells, David Todd, Conservation History Association of Texas, Austin

2 Influence of Edwards Plateau Geology on Frontier Settlement, Pete Rose, Austin. Sponsored presentation by The Edwards Plateau Historical Association.

3
Canadian River Conservation, Margaret Bickers, Amarillo. 2010 Fellow of the Excellence in West Texas History Program

Session #7, Cardwell Lecture Hall Room - The West Texas Challenge: A Unique Environment of Space, Light, Distance, or Hardship That Shapes the Arts. Lynn Whitfield, Texas Tech University, presiding

1
Georgia in Texas, Robin Clark, Mason

2
Art in Plain Sight: West Texas Murals and the Historic Significance of their Resurgence as Public Art, David Cummins, Lubbock

3
Rekindling the Comanche Trail: Native Americans of West Texas Seen Through the Eyes of Sculptors, Holle Humphries, Texas Plains Trail

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Sessions

Session #8, Baker Conference Center (Large) Room - Joint Session with the Texas Plains Trail Region. Beyond Coronado, Cattle and Cowboys: Tracking Cultural, Historical and Geo-Cached Trails That Distinguish the Texas Plains Trails Region. Dolores Mosser, Texas Plains Trail Board of Directors, presiding

1
Tracked from the Air: La Pista de Vida Aqua or The Trail of Living Water, Dolores Mosser, Lubbock, and Elizabeth Louden, Lubbock

2
Mother to the Mother Road: Tracking the Ozark Trail, Lana Barnett, Tulia

3
Quanah Parker Slept Here: Tracking Actual, Virtual, and Mythic Tales to Create the Quanah Parker Trail, Hanaba Munn Welch, Quanah Parker Trail Steering Committee

Session #9, Cardwell Lecture Hall Room - Oil Patch Songs, Oilman Extraordinary, and Oilfield Trash. Joe W. Specht, McMurry University, presiding

1
This Ol’ Rig, Joe Specht, McMurray University

2
Oilman Extraordinary: George Mitchell and Opening the Barnett Shale, Diana Davids Hinton, University of Texas-Permian Basin

3
Oilfield Trash, Bobby D. Weaver, Edmond, OK

Session #10, Baker Conference Center (Small) Room - Joint Session with the East Texas Historical Association. Feuds, Rangers and the Southwest Athletic Conference. Tom Crum, President East Texas Historical Association, presiding

1 Romeo and Juliet--West Texas Style: The Johnson-Sims Feud, Bill O'Neal, Carthage

2 Texas Ranger Captain John R. Hughes, Chuck Parsons, Luling

3 One Man, One Vision, One University: Origins of the Southwest Athletic Conference, Karla Chapman and Stacy A. Jacob, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Sessions

Session #11, Baker Conference Center (Small) Room - Joint Session, South Texas Historical Association. Rails, Wells, Women & Water. Gene Preuss, University of Houston-Downtown, presiding

1
Railroads Commerce & Energy, George Cooper, Lone Star College

2
Corpus Christi’s Early Oil & Gas, Cecelia Gutierrez-Venable, Nueces County Historical Commission

3
A Ditch of a Dream, Mary Jo O’Rear, Nueces County Historical Association

Session #12, Baker Conference Center (Large) Room - Farming and Ranching on the Last Frontier. Miguel Levario, Texas Tech University, presiding

1
Homesteading Llano Estacado, John Miller Morris, University of Texas at San Antonio

2
Family Farming West Texas, David Caffey, Clovis, NM. Sponsored presentation by The Historical Society of New Mexico.

3
The Snyder Brothers, John Hope, Hockley County Historical Association

Session #13, Cardwell Lecture Hall Room - 'Way Out Yonder' in Far West Texas. JoAnn Pospisil, Baylor College of Medicine-Houston, presiding

1
History of Guadalupe Mountains, Jeff Shepherd, University of Texas at El Paso

2
Mexican Revolution & Big Bend, J. Tillapaugh, University of Texas at Permian Basin

3
Cabeza de Vaca, Nancy Hickerson, Texas Tech University

Saturday's schedule, April 4, 2009

Registration from 7:30 - 11:00 a.m. in the main area of the Baker Conference Center

Silent Auction from 8:00 - 10:45 a.m. in the American Heritage Building.

Luncheon and Business Meeting from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. in Baker Conference Center. Along with the presentation of awards, President Keith Owen gave his presidential address entitled "The Reason Why."

Tours of historic Post City, Texas from 2:30-10:00 p.m. Van transportation available via registration.

8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Sessions

Session #14, Baker Conference Center (Small) Room - An Irrepressible Force - West Texas Politicians, Surveyors, and Ranchers. Michael Whitley, Lubbock Christian University, presiding

1
Mayor Jim Reese of Odessa, Billy Hathorn, Laredo Community College

2
How to Survey 20 Miles a Day and Other Tips for a Long Life by W. D. Twichell, Mark Lambert, Texas General Land Office

3
George B. Jackson, Black (or African American) Business Man, Rancher, and Entrepreneur, Suzanne Campbell, San Angelo University

Session #15, Cardwell Lecture Hall Room in the American Heritage Building - West Texas Environment and Literature. Chad DeMars, Texas Tech University, presiding

1
Tellurism & Dorothy Scarborough's The Wind, Jerri Grimsley Buerger, Haskell

2
Max Crawford, West Texas Writer, Diane Warner, Texas Tech University

3
Garrison Life at Fort Chadborne, 1852 to 1861, Travis Taylor, Angelo State University, WTHA Student Essay Award Winner

Session #16, Baker Conference Center (Large) Room - Battle of Pease River and the 1860 Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker. Monte Monroe, Texas Tech University, presiding

1 Myth and Misconceptions in the 1860 Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, Paul H. Carlson, Ransom Canyon

2 Peta Nocona, Like Mark Twain, the Report of his Death is Highly Exaggerated, Tom Crum, Granbury

3 Commentator, Jack Becker, Texas Tech University

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sessions

Session #17, Baker Conference Center (Large) Room - Phi Alpha Theta Session. Jean Stuntz, West Texas A&M University, presiding

1 Gentle Persuasion Gone Awry: An Analysis of the Spanish Attempts to Convert the Indians in Spanish Texas, Karl Baumgardner, Canyon

2
The Role of Women in Settling the Spanish Borderlands, Hillarie Easley-McPherson, Canyon

3
What did it Really Mean? The Case of Maria Guadalupe, Larissa Gardner, Canyon

Session #18, Baker Conference Center (Small) Room - Joint Session with the Center for Big Bend Studies. A Center for Big Bend Studies Focus on Early Archaeological Sites in the Eastern Trans-Pecos. David Keller, Sul Ross State University, presiding

1 Search for PaleoIndians in the Big Bend Region of Texas, David Keller, Sul Ross State University

2 Early Archaic Cultural Period in the Eastern Trans-Pecos Region of Texas, Roger Boren, Sul Ross State University

3 Elusive Calf Creek Culture in the Big Bend, Richard Waller, Sul Ross State University

Session #19, Cardwell Lecture Hall Room in the American Heritage Building - Joint Session with the Texas Historical Commission. Real Stories and Real Places of West Texas in WWII - and New Findings on the Mexican War. John McCullough, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, presiding

1 William McWhorter, Texas Historical Commission

2 Bob Brinkman, Texas Historical Commission

3 Angel Trias, Jose Heredia, Pedro Garcia Conde and the Mexican Defeat at Sacramento February 28, 1847, Harry Hewitt, Midwestern State University

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Sessions

Session #20, Baker Conference Center (Small) Room - 'Through a Glass Darkly:' Tracing the Evidence of the Past. Marisue Potts, Mott Creek Ranch, presiding

1 Battle of Blanco Canyon, Sam Watts, Granbury

2 Tracking Down Fossilized Glen Rose Dinosaur Footprints Distributed to National Institutions, Patrick Crawford, Tarleton State University

Session #21, Cardwell Lecture Hall Room in the American Heritage Building - Digging Deep: West Texas Public History. Michael Whitley, Lubbock Christian University, presiding

1 High Plains Public History, Stephen Bogener, West Texas A&M University

2 Hispanic Oral History, Maritza de la Trinidad, West Texas A&M University

3 Teaching Public History, Patricia Roeser, West Texas A&M University

Session #22, Room 206 of the American Heritage Building - Highways on the Llano and in the West Texas Sky. Margaret Waring, Comanche Public Library, presiding

1 Origins of Lubbock’s Advanced Twin-engine Pilot School, Michael Dennis, Texas Tech University

2 Breedlove Airport and Dagley Field, John McCullough, Texas Tech University

3 Resurrection of the Ozark Trail Marker in Farwell, Texas, Will Anderson, State Line Tribune-Farwell

The Saturday afternoon program started at 2:30 p.m. with a tour of Post City, Texas, and concluded with a night performance at the Garza Theatre. Supper buffet was held at the new Heritage House in Post.