STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s Dr. Deborah Liles will present the first of this fall\u2019s Tuesday Talks at 6 p.m. Sept. 9, at the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center in Mingus featuring \u201cWyatt C. Hedrick, The 1910s, The Roaring 20s, and the Great Depression in Texas.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born in Virginia in 1888, Hedrick moved to Texas and assisted with the building of Dallas Love Field Airport. He established his own construction company before eventually becoming a partner in the prestigious Sanguinet and Staats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the post-war boom evolved into oil and construction, Hedrick set out on his own. Included in his many projects are the original 12 buildings at Texas Tech University, Will Rogers Coliseum, T&P railroad stations throughout Texas and the Shamrock Hotel. His place in the evolving landscape of Texas history is written in stone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday Talks are free, and a Zoom Link is available on request. Contact the W.K. Gordon Center for more information at 254-968-1886 or gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center, a facility of Tarleton State University, is located at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. To learn more about the museum, visit www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s Dr. Deborah Liles will present the first of this fall\u2019s Tuesday Talks at 6 p.m. Sept. 9, at the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":51479,"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":424,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,425],"tags":[442,460],"class_list":["post-53490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","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\/08\/Tuesday_Talks-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/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 8 months ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on August 11, 2025","modified":"Updated on September 12, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on August 11, 2025 8:00 am","modified":"Updated on September 12, 2025 12:29 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Dr. Deborah Liles standing on a decorative staircase, with 'Tuesday Talks' and 'W.K. Gordon Museum' text on a purple background.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53490","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=53490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53672,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53490\/revisions\/53672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}