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STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Looking for something fun for your family to do this holiday season? Check out Tarleton State University\u2019s W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center\u2019s free Community Christmas Tree Extravaganza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On display through Dec. 23, the trees were decorated by businesses in Mingus, Gordon and Strawn. Participating businesses: Beneventi\u2019s Italian Restaurant, BJ\u2019s Restaurant & Bar, Deer Lease, Gordon Hardware, Mel\u2019s Diner, New York Hill Restaurant and Smokestack Restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center, a facility of Tarleton State, is at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, Mingus, Texas, and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/strong><\/a> or visit https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\/#upcomingevents<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, December 7, 2021 STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Looking for something fun for your family to do this holiday season? Check out Tarleton State University\u2019s W.K. Gordon Museum and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40695,"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":[382,423,424,425],"tags":[432,440,446,460],"class_list":["post-40693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-alumni","tag-college-of-liberal-fine-arts","tag-division-of-student-engagement-success","tag-w-k-gordon-center-for-industrial-history-of-texas"],"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\/12\/6828-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Academics & Research<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Academics & Research<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Alumni<\/a>","College of Liberal & Fine Arts<\/a>","Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/a>","W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Alumni<\/span>","College of Liberal & Fine Arts<\/span>","Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/span>","W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 7, 2021","modified":"Updated on December 7, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 7, 2021 3:41 pm","modified":"Updated on December 7, 2021 3:41 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Christmas tree with colorful patchwork background.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40693","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=40693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}