{"id":40617,"date":"2021-12-02T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=40617"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:12:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:12:32","slug":"tarletons-gordon-center-in-thurber-hosts-cowboy-country-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-gordon-center-in-thurber-hosts-cowboy-country-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton’s Gordon Center in Thurber Hosts Cowboy Country Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Thursday, December 2, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center, a facility of Tarleton State University, is hosting a Texas-style shindig to celebrate the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The come-and-go Cowboy Country Christmas is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, and features holiday goodies and entertainment including Miss Devon and the Outlaw, and original poetry by Teresa Burleson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission is free. For more information visit facebook.com\/gordoncenter, or call 254-968-1886.<\/p>\n\n\n\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. Visitors enjoy interactive exhibits that explore the birth, operations and death of a town owned by the Texas and Pacific Coal Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the W. K. Gordon Museum, call 254-968-1886, email\u00a0gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\/#upcomingevents<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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