Get ready to weigh in on your favorite holiday decorations at Tarleton State\u2019s W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center starting Tuesday, Nov. 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The annual Christmas Tree Extravaganza showcases trees decorated by businesses in Gordon, Strawn and Mingus. Festooned firs are on display throughout the gallery. Ballots are available in the museum, and voting will continue until the holiday closure in December. The winner will be announced on social media Jan. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information call 254-968-1886, email gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a>, visit www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>, or follow on social media at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wkgordoncenter\/<\/a> and https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wkgordoncenter\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center is at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. Visitors enjoy interactive exhibits that explore the birth, operations and slow fade of the town owned by the Texas and Pacific Coal Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Get ready to weigh in on your favorite holiday decorations at Tarleton State\u2019s W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center starting Tuesday, Nov. 14. The annual Christmas Tree Extravaganza showcases trees …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":49752,"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":382,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,424],"tags":[442,460],"class_list":["post-49725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-arts-events","tag-community-events","tag-w-k-gordon-center-for-industrial-history-of-texas"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/10\/CTE-003.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Community Events<\/a>","W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Community Events<\/span>","W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 23, 2023","modified":"Updated on October 23, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 23, 2023 8:32 am","modified":"Updated on October 23, 2023 2:02 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Christmas Tree Extravaganza event, voting starts November 14th.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49725","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}