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Texas Events Calendar Events Organized by History & Heritage Location: Canyon     Event Date: September 01 - February 14, 2010 Better Dressing Through Chemistry: Petrochemical Fibers Synthetic petrochemical-based fibers were introduced during the 1930s. This exhibit will explore some of the changes that have occurred as a result of this revolution. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org Phone: 806-651-2244 Location: Big Spring     Event Date: September 01 - November 07, 2009 Fire Department Display Honors the 100th anniversary of the first fire truck in Texas, which arrived in September, 1909. Heritage Museum. Website: http://www.bigspringmuseum.com Phone: 432-267-8225 Location: Dallas     Event Date: October 01 - December 31, 2009 Green Fields, Black Smoke: Nature & Progress When Dallas Was Young Special exhibits and programming investigate if people were "greener" in the 19th century and how life on the family farm was affected by the growth of industry. Dallas Heritage Village. Website: http://www.dallasheritagevillage.org Phone: 214-421-5141 Location: Beaumont     Event Date: November 05   Birthday Tea at the McFaddin-Ward House Includes free house tours, plus tea and refreshments. Reservations required. Starts at the Visitor Center. Website: http://www.mcfaddin-ward.org Phone: 409-832-1906 Alt Phone: 409-832-2134 Location: Fredericksburg     Event Date: November 07 - November 08, 2009 Pacific Combat Living History Re-enactment National Museum of the Pacific War Combat Zone Website: http://www.nimitz-museum.org Phone: 830-997-4379 Location: Grapeland     Event Date: November 07   Blacksmithing Demonstration Hours are 10 a.m. to noon. Mission Tejas State Park. Phone: 936-687-2394 Location: Jacksboro     Event Date: November 07   Terry's Texas Rangers Weekend Civil War re-enactment group holds its annual event and practice session. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fort Richardson State Park and Historic Site. Phone: 940-567-3506 Location: Wichita Falls     Event Date: November 07   Kell Family Reception Kell House Museum, 900 Bluff Street Website: http://www.wichitaheritage.org Phone: 940-723-2712 Location: McKinney     Event Date: November 07 - November 08, 2009 The Battle for Myers Landing, Civil War Re-enactment Includes cannons, cavalry and infantry, authentic period military camps, period and current-day vendors, and more. Website: http://www.northtexashistorycenter.org Phone: 972-542-9457 Location: McKinney     Event Date: November 08   Living History Day Learn about holiday traditions through the ages. Chestnut Square Historic Village. Website: http://www.chestnutsquare.org Phone: 972-562-8790 Location: Jasper     Event Date: November 11   Veteran's Day Celebration Jasper County Courthouse Website: http://www.jaspercoc.org Phone: 409-384-2762 Location: Mason     Event Date: November 11   Veteran's Day Ceremony Starts at 11 a.m. Mason Courthouse Lawn. Website: http://www.masontxcoc.com Phone: 325-347-5758 Location: Fort Worth     Event Date: November 11 - January 15, 2010 Going to Texas: Five Centuries of Texas Maps Maps date from 1548 to 2006. National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Website: http://www.texasstudies.org Phone: 817-257-6295 Location: Jefferson     Event Date: November 13 - November 15, 2009 Trammel Trace Rendezvous Experience a pre-1840s living history camp. Cypress Bayou RV Park. Website: http://www.diamonddon.com Phone: 866-398-2038 Location: De Leon     Event Date: November 14   Indian Artifacts Show City Auditorium Website: http://www.deleontexas.com/chamber Phone: 254-893-2083 Location: Dallas     Event Date: November 14   Civil War on the Home Front Union and Confederate troops conduct drills and share stories. Hear tales of home life from wives and children. Dallas Heritage Village. Website: http://www.dallasheritagevillage.org Phone: 214-421-5141 Location: Goliad     Event Date: November 14   Spanish Tracks & Trails Artisans demonstrate the crafts and tasks common to the Spanish Texas frontier of the 1700s. Hours arre 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Goliad State Park. Website: http://www.tpwd.state.tx Phone: 361-645-3405 Location: Grand Prairie     Event Date: November 14 - November 15, 2009 12th Annual Mountain Man Weekend Gathering Song, storytelling and historical re-enactments provide a window to the past. Demonstrations include beading, blacksmithing, soap making and more. Traders Village. Website: http://www.tradersvillage.com Phone: 972-647-2331 Location: Washington     Event Date: November 14   Republic of Texas History Symposium Offers sessions on military and social culture of the Revolutionary and Republic eras. Reservations required. Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Site. Phone: 936-878-2214 Location: Mesquite     Event Date: November 14   Historic Florence Ranch Homestead Tours Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Florence Ranch Homestead. Website: http://www.cityofmesquite.com Phone: 972-216-6468 Location: Waxahachie     Event Date: November 14   Ellis County Veterans Appreciation Day Ellis County Veterans Memorial at the Waxahachie Civic Center Phone: 972-937-2390 Location: La Porte     Event Date: November 21   Battleship Texas Hard Hat Tour Take a guided tour and see areas rarely seen by the public. Reservations required. 3523 Battleground Road. Website: http://www.usstexasbb35.com Phone: 281-479-2431 X-236 Location: Brenham     Event Date: November 21 - November 22, 2009 Holiday Heritage Home Tour & Trunk Show Heritage Belles guide guests through four historic homes. Giddings Stone Mansion. Website: http://www.giddingsstonemansion.com Phone: 979-836-1690 Location: La Porte     Event Date: November 21   Hard Hat Tour Battleship Texas State Historic Site Website: http://www.usstexasbb35.com Phone: 281-479-2431 X-234 Location: Anderson     Event Date: November 28   Twilight & Firelight Enjoy the candlelit inn, period music, poetry, stagecoach rides and living history characters. Begins at the Grimes County Courthouse. Website: http://www.birthplaceoftexas.com Phone: 936-873-2633 Location: Johnson City     Event Date: November 28   A Timeless Christmas in Johnson City LBJ's boyhood home and the Johnson Settlement are decked out for the holidays. 100 E. Ladybird Lane. Website: http://www.nps.gov/lyjo Phone: 830-868-7128 X-244 Location: Kilgore     Event Date: November 28   Downtown Business & Loft Tour Hours are 5 to 7 p.m. Downtown Kilgore. Phone: 903-988-4117 Location: Mesquite     Event Date: November 28   Tours of Historic Opal Lawrence Park Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Opal Lawrence Historical Park. Website: http://www.cityofmesquite.com Phone: 972-214-6468 Location: Gonzales     Event Date: November 28 - November 29, 2009 Stars in the Village: An 1800s Trail of Lights Gonzales Pioneer Village Living History Center E-Mail: thevillage@gvec.net Phone: 830-672-2157 Location: Washington     Event Date: December 01 - January 01, 2010 Christmas in the Republic Explore the contributions of the German, English, African-American and Hispanic cultures to Texas' holiday traditions. Star of the Republic Museum, Washington-on-the-Brazos. Website: http://www.birthplaceoftexas.com Phone: 936-878-2461 X-234 Location: Dallas     Event Date: December 01 - January 01, 2010 Green Fields, Black Smoke: Nature & Progress When Dallas was Young Special exhibits and programming investigate if people were "greener" in the 19th century and how life on the family farm was affected by the growth of industry. Dallas Heritage Village. Website: http://www.dallasheritagevillage.org Phone: 214-421-5141 Location: Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II & the Jewish People The exhibit includes photographs, video footage, documents and artifacts recording the extraordinary contributions of Pope John Paul II to relations between the Catholic and Jewish faiths. Holocaust Museum Houston. Website: http://www.hmh.org Phone: 713-942-8000 Location: Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea Approximately 110 objects dating from the first millennium B.C. through the 17th century, on rare loan from Vietnam's leading museums, will be on view. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Phone: 713-639-7300 Location: Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography Features large-scale photographs by 40 Korean artists, many of whom have never before exhibited in international museum exhibitions. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Phone: 713-639-7300 Location: Austin     Event Date: December 01 - January 04, 2010 From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allen Poe Features manuscripts, books, art and personal effects documenting Poe's career as a writer, his romantic relationships, mysterious death, and the decline and rehabilitation of his literary reputation. Ransom Center. Website: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu Phone: none Location: Austin     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works During the International Year of Astronomy, the Harry Ransom Center features its science collection and highlights how astronomy has advanced in the last 500 years. Website: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu Phone: none Location: Port Arthur     Event Date: December 01 - January 07, 2010 Going Places Traveling exhibition explores the age of horse-drawn travel. Museum of the Gulf Coast. Website: http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org Phone: 409-982-7000 Location: Dallas     Event Date: December 01 - January 31, 2010 Dreams Come True: The Dallas Arts District Includes archival images, ephemera and media clips illustrating the establishment and growth of the Dallas Arts District. Dallas Museum of Art. Website: http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/View/FutureExhibitions Phone: 214-922-1200 Location: Canyon     Event Date: December 01 - February 07, 2010 The Great Search for Energy Explores the historic evolution of energy and where we currently are in terms of energy supplies and demand, petro-politics and climate change. Also investigates options that may define the long-term energy future. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org Phone: 806-651-2244 Location: Houston     Event Date: December 01 - February 07, 2010 Besa Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust In a five-year project, Colorado-based photographer Norman Gershman set out to collect the names of righteous, non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust. He discovered that some of the names were of Albanian Muslims. Holocaust Museum Houston. Website: http://www.hmh.org Phone: 713-942-8000 Location: Canyon     Event Date: December 01 - February 14, 2010 A Running Fight: The Red River War in Art Shows the U.S. Army's campaigns against American Indians on the Northern Plains through paintings, drawings and chromolithographs. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org Phone: 806-651-2244 Location: Canyon     Event Date: December 01 - February 14, 2010 Better Dressing Through Chemistry: Petrochemical Fibers This exhibit will explore some of the changes that have occurred since synthetic petrochemical-based fibers were introduced during the 1930s. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org Phone: 806-651-2244 Location: San Antonio     Event Date: December 01 - February 14, 2010 Circus Folk: Secrets Behind the Big Top Exhibit unravels the secrets from behind the big top and is drawn from the Hertzberg Circus Collection. This exhibit takes visitors through every aspect of creating these traveling spectacles. Witte Museum. Website: http://www.wittemuseum.org Phone: 210-357-1900 Location: Waco     Event Date: December 01 - February 14, 2010 Baylor University: One Hundred Years of Homecoming Exhibit celebrates this anniversary. Mayborn Museum Complex. Website: http://www.maybornmuseum.com Phone: 254-710-1110 Location: Belton     Event Date: December 01 - March 13, 2010 Meet the Fergusons: Two Governors for the Price of One Miriam Ferguson, a Bell County native, was the first woman to be elected governor in Texas, 1925-26 and 1933-34. Her husband, James E. Ferguson, was also a Bell County native and served as governor from 1915 to 1917. Bell County Museum. Phone: 254-933-5243 Location: Lufkin     Event Date: December 01 - January 19, 2010 John James Audubon: American Artist & Naturalist The exhibition features original Audubon paintings and drawings, along with letters, books, photographs and personal items. Museum of East Texas. Website: http://www.metlufkin.org Phone: 936-639-4434 Location: Fort Worth     Event Date: December 01 - January 15, 2010 Going to Texas: Five Centuries of Texas Maps Sixty-four Texas maps on a timeline show progression from the perspective of population, agriculture, transportation, urban areas, boundary lines and industry. National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Website: http://www.texasstudies.org Phone: 817-257-6295 Location: Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 10, 2010 The Moon: "Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed" Includes photos, artworks, early scientific instruments, books, moon globes, maps and objects from NASA. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Phone: 713-639-7300 Location: Beaumont     Event Date: December 02 - December 30, 2009 Christmas at the McFaddin-Ward House Dec. 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22, 26-27 and 29-30. Visit the 1906 Beaux Arts Colonial Revival house decked in Christmas Splendor, as it would have looked in the 1930s. Most items on display are from the family's collections. Scheduling a tour is strongly recommended. McFaddin-Ward House, 1960 Calder Avenue at Third Street. Website: http://www.mcfaddin-ward.org Phone: 409-832-1906 Alt Phone: 409-832-2134 Location: Fort Worth     Event Date: December 04 - December 06, 2009 A Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place Holiday Home Tour Ticket & Information Porch -- Elizabeth Boulevard and 6th Avenue. Website: http://www.historicryanplace.org Phone: none Location: Columbus     Event Date: December 04   Candlelight Homes Tour Several homes and museums are open for viewing. Downtown. Website: http://www.columbustexas.org Phone: 979-732-5135 Location: Houston     Event Date: December 04 - December 05, 2009 2009 Houston Heights Association Holiday Home Tour Visit five homes. Docents will be available to point out the rich history, architecture and unique holiday decorations of each home. Website: http://www.houstonheights.org Phone: 713-861-4002 Location: Gonzales     Event Date: December 04 - December 05, 2009 Stars in the Village: An 1800s Trail of Lights Gonzales Pioneer Village Living History Center E-Mail: thevillage@gvec.net Phone: 830-672-2157 Location: Canyon     Event Date: December 04 - December 05, 2009 Christmas Open House Welcomes the season with musical entertainment, children's activities, Santa and Mrs. Claus, costumed interpreters, storytellers and more. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org Phone: 806-651-2244 Location: Bandera     Event Date: December 04 - January 02, 2010 Christmas Past David and Mona Rollison have restored several Victorian Christmas display panels and loaned the display to the Frontier Times Museum. Website: http://www.frontiertimesmuseum.org Phone: 830-796-3864 Location: Waco     Event Date: December 04 - December 11, 2009 Candlelight Tour of Christmas on the Brazos Homes Dec. 4 and 11. Hours are 6 to 9 p.m. Includes Fort House, East Terrace House, Earle-Napier-Kinnard House, and McCulloch House. Website: http://www.HistoricWaco.org Phone: 254-753-5166 Location: San Angelo     Event Date: December 04 - December 06, 2009 Christmas at Old Fort Concho Includes children's programs, living history, food, historical displays, period music and more. Fort Concho. Website: http://www.fortconcho.com Phone: 325-481-2646 Location: Plano     Event Date: December 05 - December 06, 2009 Lantern Lights at Heritage Farmstead Museum Historic holiday cheer is celebrated at the historic homestead of Miss Aimee Wilson. 1900 W. 15th Street. Website: http://www.heritagefarmstead.org Phone: 972-881-0140 Location: Waco     Event Date: December 05 - December 13, 2009 Christmas on the Brazos Dec. 5-6 and 12-13. Visit historic homes decorated in their Christmas fare. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Includes Fort House, East Terrace House, Earle-Napier-Kinnard House and McCulloch House. Website: http://www.HistoricWaco.org Phone: 254-753-5166 Location: Castroville     Event Date: December 05   Christmas Candlelight Open House Tour of Historic Homes Hours are 4:30 to 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Castroville Conservation Society. Website: http://www.castroville.com Phone: 830-538-3142 Alt Phone: 800-778-6775 Location: Dallas     Event Date: December 05 - December 19, 2009 High NoonGun Fights Dec. 5 and 19. Visitors will get a firsthand view of the Wild West when a mild disagreement quickly turns into a gunfight on the Village's Main Street. Dallas Heritage Village. Website: http://www.DallasHeritageVillage.org Phone: 214-421-5141 Location: La Grange     Event Date: December 05 - December 19, 2009 Trail of Lights Dec. 5, 11-12 and 18-19. Enjoy a quarter-mile trail illuminated with thousands of lights. Experience the 1850s-era German home of H.L. Kreische, bedecked in Christmas splendor, in a Texas-German style. Begins at 6 p.m. Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery State Historic Site. Phone: 979-968-5658 Location: Johnson City     Event Date: December 05 - December 19, 2009 Lamplight Tours of Boyhood Home Dec. 5, 12 and 19. Experience family life of a 1920s Christmas. 200 E. Elm Street. Website: http://www.nps.gov/lyjo Phone: 830-868-7128 X-244 Location: Gonzales     Event Date: December 05 - December 06, 2009 Winterfest Tour of Historic Homes Includes at least five historic homes on tour from 2 to 6 p.m. Historic Town of Gonzales. Website: http://www.gonzalestexas.com Phone: 830-672-6532 Alt Phone: 888-672-1095 Location: Brenham     Event Date: December 05   Christmas at the Mansion Heritage Belles bring the 1869 Giddings Stone Mansion alive. Activities, entertainment and pictures with Santa Claus create a magical experience from 1 to 4 p.m. Website: http://www.giddingsstonemansion.com Phone: 979-836-1690 Location: Midland     Event Date: December 05   Preemptive Strike Offers a closer look at the United States' plans to enter World War II before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Special guest is author Alan Armstrong. CAF Airpower Museum. Phone: 432-567-3010 Location: New Braunfels     Event Date: December 05   Christmas Tour of Homes Visit historic and new homes, delightfully decorated in their Christmas finery. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 830-624-1307 Alt Phone: 830-832-8815 Location: Gonzales     Event Date: December 05   Historical Program, Gonzales: The Beginning Historic Gonzales County Courthouse E-Mail: info@gonzalestexas.com Phone: 830-672-6532 Location: Grand Prairie     Event Date: December 05   Tours of Historic Copeland Home Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. 125 S.W. Dallas Street. Phone: 972-237-8086 Location: Kilgore     Event Date: December 05   Holiday Happenings in Historic Homes Tour several historic homes building during the oil boom. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Kilgore Historic District. Phone: 903-984-3346 Location: La Porte     Event Date: December 05   Pear Harbor Ceremony Join in paying respect to those whose sacrifices saved our freedom. Beegins at 11 a.m. Batleship Texas State Historic Site. Website: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us Phone: 281-479-2431 Location: Lampasas     Event Date: December 05   Holiday Activities Includes walking tours of historic properties, Keystone Square Museum Christmas trees and gingerbread houses on view, historic courthouse tours, a presentation, Christmas storytelling, and Christmas movie and carols in the evening. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone: 512-525-5200 Alt Phone: 512-556-2224 Location: Longview     Event Date: December 05   Living History Christmas Website: http://www.gregghistorical.org Phone: 903-753-5840 Location: Clifton     Event Date: December 05   Norwegian Country Christmas Home Tour Features homes, history and art. Visit historic Norwegian homes, churches, a museum and art center. Shop Heritage Village. Enjoy a Norwegian Luncheon. Website: http://www.cliftontexas.org Phone: 254-675-3720 Location: Fredericksburg     Event Date: December 07   Grand Opening of the New George H.W. Bush Gallery Includes a precision parachute demonstration, ribbon cutting, music by the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, fly overs of vintage aircraft, and public tours by time-stamped ticket only. National Museum of the Pacific War. Website: http://www.nimitz-museum.org Phone: 830-997-4379 Location: Beaumont     Event Date: December 10   Christmas Open House & Eggnog at the McFaddin-Ward House Tour the first floor of the house, which is festooned in the 1930s-era Christmas decorations, many from the family's collections. Sample eggnog and Christmas treats, and enjoy Christmas music. Starts at the Visitor Center. Website: http://www.mcfaddin-ward.org Phone: 409-832-1906 Alt Phone: 409-832-2134 Location: Palo Pinto     Event Date: December 10   Frontier Christmas at the Old Jail Museum Phone: 940-659-2555 Location: Hillsboro     Event Date: December 11 - December 13, 2009 Centennial Celebration -- Historic City Hall Includes an open house dedication of the restored 1909 City Hall, music, food and more. 127 E. Franklin. Website: http://www.hillsborotx.org Phone: 254-582-5499 Location: Fort Stockton     Event Date: December 11   Progressive Christmas Tour Includes the Annie Riggs Memorial Museum, Grey Mule Saloon, Old Pecos County Jail, Fort Guard House and officers quarters No. 8. 301 S. Main. Phone: 432-336-2167 Alt Phone: 432-336-2400 Location: Houston     Event Date: December 11 - December 12, 2009 47th Annual Candlelight Tour See the interiors of Houston's most historic structures, each decorated to portray an era in the city's history. Enjoy staged performances inside the historic structures. Includes carolers, storytellers and crafters. Hours are 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sam Houston Park. Phone: 713-655-1912 Location: Lubbock     Event Date: December 11 - December 12, 2009 Candlelight at the Ranch Luminarias light the paths through the park. Volunteers in the historic ranch buildings re-create holiday activities of the past. Kids can write and nail letters to Santa in an authentic, historic post office. Hours are 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. National Ranching Heritage Center. Website: http://www.NRHC.com Phone: 806-742-0498 Location: Buffalo Gap     Event Date: December 12   Chautauqua Learning Series Based on the Chautauqua movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which provided educational lectures and entertainment for average Americans before the advent of radio and television. Begins at 11 a.m. Buffalo Gap Historic Village. Phone: 325-572-3365 Location: Dallas     Event Date: December 12 - December 13, 2009 Candlelight Celebrates holiday traditions from 1840 to 1919. Visit with characters in historic costumes and St. Nicholas. Hear strolling carolers, make crafts, ride in a carriage and see a collection of African-American Santas and angels. Hours are 3 to 9 p.m. Dallas Heritage Village. Website: http://www.DallasHeritageVillage.org Phone: 214-421-5141 Location: Washington     Event Date: December 12   An Old-Fashioned Texas Christmas Join the Barrington Farm staff as they celebrate the special season with many more surprises to come. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Barrington Living History Farm, Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Website: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us Phone: 936-878-2213 Location: Washington     Event Date: December 12   Christmas Up in Washington Enjoy caroling in the Visitor Center while shopping in the Washington Emporium. Stroll down a candlelit trail to Independence Hall, and enjoy stories and learn how the residents of Washington would have celebrated the holidays. Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Website: http://www.birthplaceoftexas.com Phone: 936-878-2214 Location: Bastrop     Event Date: December 12   Historic Homes Tour Visit historic homes and businesses decorated for the holidays. Each location will have a docent to talk about the building's history. Old Town Bastrop. Phone: 512-303-0057 Location: Georgetown     Event Date: December 12 - December 13, 2009 2009 Holiday Home Tour in Historic Georgetown Five historic homes are open for visits. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are available online or at the Grace Heritage Center. Website: http://www.georgetownheritagesociety.com Phone: 512-869-8597 Location: Fredericksburg     Event Date: December 12   Holiday Home Tour Eight Fredericksburg homes are decorated for the holidays. From noon to 6 p.m., see historic properties and homes with unique architectural features. Stay for the Candle Tour from 5 to 8 p.m. Website: http://www.pioneermuseum.net Phone: 830-997-2835 Location: Round Top     Event Date: February 27 - February 28, 2010 Living History: Texas Votes on Secession - 1861 After the election in 1860, Texas as a whole was ready to leave the Union. The Texas secession convention met late January, 1861, and voted on the ordinance of secession on February 1 with a vote of 166 for and 8 against. The secession question was then put to the general public as a referendum. Join the residents of Henkel Square as they decide the future of Texas 1861. Henkel Square. Website: http://www.txcwcivilian.org/henkel.html Phone: none Find tickets to sports events, concerts, rodeos and other fun events at Lone Star Tickets on Texana Looking for clothing or collectibles for Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M Aggies or Texas Tech Red Raiders? 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