STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Native Texan George Bristol, a trailblazing conservationist and the 2009 Honorable Cornelius Amory Pugsley Medal recipient, will visit Tarleton State University\u2019s W. K. Gordon Center on April 28 to discuss his book, \u201cTexas State Parks: The First 100 Years 1923-2023.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His presentation begins at 2 p.m. that Sunday. Admission is free. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bristol\u2019s devotion to Texas\u2019 landscapes and historic sites has propelled a 20-year movement for increased state park funding and led to his extensive writing on the history of Texas state parks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The W. K. Gordon Museum and Research Center is at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The combined museum and special collections library occupies the site of the Thurber ghost town. Visitors enjoy interactive exhibits that explore the birth, operations and slow fade of the property once owned by the Texas and Pacific Coal & Oil Co. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information, call 254-968-1886, email\u00a0gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a>\u00a0or visit www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Native Texan George Bristol, a trailblazing conservationist and the 2009 Honorable Cornelius Amory Pugsley Medal recipient, will visit Tarleton State University\u2019s W. K. Gordon Center on April …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":50348,"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":[382,424],"tags":[442,460],"class_list":["post-50346","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\/2024\/03\/George-Bristol-300x200.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 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 12, 2024","modified":"Updated on March 12, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 12, 2024 1:23 pm","modified":"Updated on March 12, 2024 4:46 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Book talk by George Bristol, Sunday 4\/28\/24, 2 PM. Texas State Parks cover shown.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50346","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=50346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}