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92 TEXAS ALMANAC-1968-1969
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Fort Richardson Post Hospital, Jacksboro,
houses a museum and community room.
FREDERICKSBURG
Pioneer Museum and Country Store
(Kammlah House)-West Main; June-Aug.
daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sept-May, Saturday
and Sunday 1-5 p.m.; 50c adults, school-age
children 20c; pioneer relics.
GALVESTON
Rosenberg Library-823 Tremont; Mon-
day-Thursday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Sat-
urday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; free; art and historical
Items.
GONZALES
Gonzales Memorial Museum-St. Law-
rence Street; Wednesday-Sunday 1-5 p.m.;
free; original historical documents; photo col-
lection leading Texas citizens dating from
1825.
HOUSTON
Houston Natural History Museum-Caro-
line at Hermann Loop, Hermann Park; Sun-
day-Monday 12-5 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday 9
a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday and Friday evening
7:30-9 p.m.; free; natural science exhibits;
planetarium show (call for hours).
Harris County Heritage Society-Sam
Houston Historical Park, 212 Dallas Avenue;
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday
1:30-4:30 p.m.; adults 50c first house, 25c each
additional house; children free; four restored
19th Century homes.
HUNTSVILLE
Sam Houston Shrine-1804 Avenue L; daily
9 a.m.-B p.m.; donations; Sam Houston homes
and memorabilia.
JACKSBORO
Fort Richardson Museum.-Four blocks off
Highway 281; daily 2-5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-
5 p.m.; adults 25c, children under 12, 10c;
Jack County pioneer and Indian artifacts.
JEFFERSON
Jefferson Historical Society Museum-223
W. Austin; daily 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; 50c adults;
children 25c; gun and doll collections; early
Texas alarm items; art gallery.
LUBBOCK
West Texas Museum-Campus Texas Tech;
daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday and holidays 2-5
p.m.; tree; regional and natural history;
planetarium 50c adults, 25c students, free to
members of Association.
NACOGDOCHES
Old Stone Fort Museum-Stephen F. Austin
campus; daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.;
free; doll, gun, coin collections; arrowheads
and Indian artifacts.
NEW BRAUNFELS
Sophienburg Memorial Museum-401 W.
Coil; May to Oct., daily 3-6 p.m.; Oct.-May
Monday and Friday 3-6 p.m.; Sunday 2-6p.m.; contributions; relics and artifacts of
pioneer days.
NEWCASTLE
Fort Belknap Museum-Box 246; Satur-
day-Thursday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; free; pioneer
mementos, artifacts, pictures.
ODESSA
Odessa Meteor Crater and Museum-5
miles W. and 2 miles S. Odessa; Sept.-May,
Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; June-
Aug., Thursday-Monday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; adults
25c, children 10c; meteorites, tektites.
SAN ANTONIO
"Old San Antonio" Exhibit-Museum-Bo-
livar Hall, La Villita; daily except Thursday
10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; free; San Antonio his-
torical items.
Witte Memorial Museum-3801 Broadway;
Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday-Sun-
day 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; adults 25c, children
10c; exhibits of science, history and art.
Alamo Museum-Alamo Plaza; Monday-
Saturday 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-
5:30 p.m.; free; Texas history, with special
emphasis on San Antonio and the Alamo.
Buckhorn Hall of Horns-Hall of Fins-
600 Lone Star Blvd.; every day 10 a.m.-6
p.m.; free; horned animals from over the
world; fish with backgrounds of native habi-
tat. Adjoining is O. Henry House, restored
San Antonio home of author; Monday-Satur-
day 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 12:30-6 p.m.; free.
SAN ANGELO
Fort Concho Museum-716 Burges; daily
9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.; 50c adults;
25c children 6-12; pioneer tools and clothing
items.
SAN JACINTO MONUMENT
San Jacinto Museum of History-21 miles
E. of Houston; Sept.-May, Tuesday-Saturday
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;
June-Labor Day, every day, same hours;
free; chronological history of region under
Spanish-Mexican and Anglo-American in-
fluence.
Battleship Texas Commission-San Jacinto
Battleground; every day noon-6 p.m.; 50c
Frederic Remington's bronze of a bronco
buster is in the Amon Carter Museum of
Western Art, Fort Worth.OF
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