FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nMonday, October 4, 2021<\/p>\n
STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The second in a series of Tuesday Talks with Dr. Deborah Liles takes place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center for the Industrial History of Texas in Thurber.<\/p>\n
The free presentations focus on the history of Texas ranching; a Q&A follows each. \u201cOliver Loving: The Dean of the Trails\u201d is the subject this week.<\/p>\n
Dates and topics through 2021:<\/p>\n
Nov. 2<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cIn search of Lucinda: Women in the Early Texas Cattle Industry\u201d<\/p>\n Dec. 7<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cThe Stock Master: The Texas Cattle Industry Before and During the Civil War\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Liles became Tarleton\u2019s W.K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas History in 2018. She teaches history with a focus on Texas, women, slavery, local communities and ranching; works with the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center; and serves on the board of several historical associations statewide.<\/p>\n She co-authored the award-winning books\u00a0Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi <\/em>(2016), the first book to examine the role Texas women played during the Civil War, and Texas Women and Ranching: On the Range, at the Rodeo, and in their Communities<\/em> (2019), the first to examine contributions women made to Texas ranching. She\u2019s also the co-editor of African Americans in Central Texas History: From Slavery to Civil Rights <\/em>(2019), <\/em>a critical study of Black lives in the center of the state.<\/p>\n Dr. Liles\u2019 latest book, Thurber,<\/em> co-written with several of her students, was released this year. Works in progress include\u00a0Southern Roots, Western Foundations: The Peculiar Institution and the Livestock Industry in Texas\u00a0<\/em>and a biography of Oliver Loving, a noted rancher who lived on the Texas frontier.<\/p>\n The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center, a facility of Tarleton State University, is at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, Mingus, Texas, and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. It is a combined museum and special collections library located at the site of the Thurber ghost town.\u00a0Visitors enjoy interactive exhibits that explore the birth, operations and death of a\u00a0town owned by the Texas and Pacific Coal Co.<\/p>\n For more information on the W. K. Gordon Museum, call 254-968-1886, email gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a> or visit https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\/#upcomingevents<\/a>.<\/p>\n Contact:<\/p>\n Mary Adams, Museum Manager FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 4, 2021 STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The second in a series of Tuesday Talks with Dr. Deborah Liles takes place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-campus-community"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-20-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics & Research<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics & Research<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 4, 2021","modified":"Updated on September 22, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 4, 2021 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on September 22, 2025 3:45 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"\"Tuesday Talks with Dr. Deborah Liles\" text next to a woman's photo.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53739,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25219\/revisions\/53739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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