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Past Events




To see details and pictures from these events, just click on the names in the right hand column.

2013
May 4, 2013 Second Annual Zombie Run/Fundraiser
April 21, 2013 Craft Sunday for Kids: Recycled Gardening
April 13, 2013 The Big Country Hall of Fame
April 6, 2013 Family Treasures Workshop
April 6, 2013 Military Social
March 22, 2013 Paranormal History
March 9, 2013 “I’m a Tool Pusher from Snyder”
February 9, 2013 The Story of Jim Ned
January 12, 2013 The Historic Forts of Texas, 1846-1890
2012
December 8, 2012 Early Abilene in Photographs
December 1, 2012 Survival Fest and Zombie Run, with Calahan Divide concert
November 10, 2012 The Texas Forts Trail
October 27, 2012 Commanche Moon Social II
October 13, 2012 Pillage the Village
October 6, October 13, 2012 Ghost Tours
September 8, 2012 My Life With Phil Collins
Auguest 11, 2012 What Abilene and Buffalo Gap Have Taught Me
July 14, 2012 Buried Dreams: The Journey of Old Val Verde
July 4, 2012 Fourth of July at the Village
June 9, 2012 The History and Membership of the DAR
April 14, 2012 How Baseball Got Started
March 10, 2012 Indian Life on the Texas Plains
February 11, 2012 Do You Know Abilene?
January 14, 2012 Elmer Kelton and the Oil Patch
2011
December 10, 2011 Christmas on the Frontier
November 12, 2011 The Newton Boys
October 23, 2011 Commanche Moon Social
October 23, 2011 Fall Festival
October 8, 15, 2011 Ghost Tours
October 8, 2011 Frontier Leather Crafting
September 10, 2011 Abilene State Park
August 13, 2011 The Stars at Night in Buffao Gap
July 9, 2011 Fort Concho
June 11, 2011 Barry Arthur: The Inspiration behind his Paintings
May 14, 2011 Best of Chautauqua video
April 9, 2011 Masterpieces, Fakes, and Surprises
March 12, 2011 Wildflowers of the Western Plains
February 12, 2011 Fort Griffin: Babylon on the Brazos
January 8, 2011 Fort Chadbourne
2010
December 11, 2010 Christmas Celebrations
November 13, 2010 Autoharp and Dulcimer Club
October 23, 2010 Hospitality Fundraiser
October 9, 2010 WASPs in World War II
July 10, 2010 Birds of the Big Country
June 12, 2010 The Butterfield Stage
April 29, 2010 Bluebonnet Tour of Buffalo Gap Bed and Breakfasts
April 10, 2010 Historic Events in Aviation
February 13, 2010 The Bankhead Highway
January 9, 2010 The Wit and Wisdom of Christopher Fry
2009
December 12, 2009 [Christmas on the Frontier]
November 20-21, 2009 Vicksburg: The Fatal Fulcrum
November 14, 2009 Obtaining a Heritage Tourism Degree
October 16, 2009 Dinner with Gereral A.P. Hill
October 10, 2009 Rattlesnakes
September 12, 2009 George MacDonald: Images of His World
August 8, 2009 The Management and Supression of Oak Wilt
July 11, 2009 Observations from Camp Victory, Baghdad
April 11, 2009 Poetry is not a Four-Letter Word
March 28, 2009 4th Annual Texas Forts Trail Vintage Base Ball Tournament
March 14, 2009 The Art of Hand Weaving
February 14, 2009 Emerging Christianity
January 10, 2009 Plants Across the Frontier
2008
December 13, 2008 Christmas on the Frontier
November 8, 2008 Campaign 2008: What Really Happened?
November 1, 2008 Dinner with History: Biscuits O’Bryan
October 11, 2008 Jewish Historiography in the Hellenistic Period
September 13, 2008 Don Frazier on his book Fire in the Cane Field
August 9, 2008 Al Pickett tells the greatest Texas sports stories that you’ve never heard (until now!)
July 12, 2008 Victorian Underpinings
July 4, 2008 July 4th Celebration
June 14, 2008 A Nation Divided: Life and Times of the Civil War Soldier
June 9 - 12, 2008 Summer Writing Camp
May 10, 2008 A Sense of Place
April 19, 2008 [Erinshire Music Festival]
April 12, 2008 Stephen Hardin on his book Texian Macabre
March 8, 2008 The Global State of Women, 2008
February 9, 2008 “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”
January 12, 2008 Book Publishing for Dummies
2007
December 16, 2007 H.K. Edgerton and the Walk Across Dixie
December 8, 2007 The Geography of Abilene City
November 17, 2007 Ghost Tour
November 10, 2007 Born in Blood
October 13, 2007 Exploring the Paranormal
September 8, 2007 C.S. Lewis
August 11, 2007 The Civil War Battle of Corinth
July 14, 2007 Bastille Day
June 11-15, 2007 [Summer Writing Camp]
June 9, 2007 Presidential Corruption
May 5, 2007 What if ... and Why?
May 4, 2007 A Dinner with Mark Twain
April 14, 2007 Halls of Honor
March 31, 2007 Forts Trail Base Ball Tournament and Book Signing
March 10, 2007 Christian Responses to Religious Diversity
February 10, 2007 Doing History
2006
December 9, 2006 Rhino Tanks and Sticky Bombs: American Ingenuity in World War II
November 11, 2006 The First Thanksgiving
September 29, 2006 50th Anniversary Celebration
March 31-April 2, 2006 Images in Time: Artists’ Photo Shoot
2005
October 28-31, 2005 Halloween Nights: The Ghostly Frontier
April 30, 2005 Annual Fundraiser
April 8-1, 2005 ALHFAM Mountain/Plains Regional Conference
2004
December 11, 2004 Christmas at the Gap
Oct. 26-28, 29-31, 2004 Horrors of the Frontier
October 18, 2004 Chicken Dinner Commemorating the Moving of the County Seat from Buffalo Gap
September 25-26, 2004 An Evening with Meriwether Lewis
September 25-26, 2004 Barbecue Dinner Theatre: Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead
May 4, 2004 Fundraiser with Red Steagall
2003
December 13, 2003 Christmas at the Gap
Oct. 12, 13, 2003 Will Rogers at the Village
Sept. 4-6, 11-13, 2003 Dinner Theatre: The Complete History of America
July - October 2003 The Hot Summer of 1925: The Scopes “Monkey Trial” as viewed from Taylor County — A special exhibition in the Contonwood School
April 5, 2003 Buffalo Hunt
May 29-30-31, 2003 Barbecue Dinner Theatre with Shakespeare
2002
July 4, 2002 Fourth of July Celebration
May 25, 2002 Rolls Royce Auto Club Visit
February 18, 2002 Dinner With Davy Crockett
Jan. 1 - March 31, 2002 Watkins Pictographs and Bronzes on Display




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