Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Headquarters Sign in Irving

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Photograph of the plaque honoring Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train in Irving, Texas. The sign says, "New Home of (Early 1985) Texas Wagon Train 'Circle Texas for the Past and Future' Garry L. France - Wagon Master, Walt Garrison - Honorary State Wagon Master, Billy Bob Barnett - Asst. Wagon Master, Tom Landry - Asst. Wagon Master, Gib Lewis - Asst. Wagon Master, Glen D. Courson - Asst. Wagon Master, Jan France - Executive Director, Donald H. Stringer - Business Manger 'Centerpiece of the Texas Sesquicentennial' 'Join our train for a day, a week, or all the way!' Corporate and business … continued below

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Cirincione, Nick July 2, 1986.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Tarrant County College Northeast, Heritage Room and was provided by the Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 207 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

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Photograph of the plaque honoring Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train in Irving, Texas. The sign says, "New Home of (Early 1985) Texas Wagon Train 'Circle Texas for the Past and Future' Garry L. France - Wagon Master, Walt Garrison - Honorary State Wagon Master, Billy Bob Barnett - Asst. Wagon Master, Tom Landry - Asst. Wagon Master, Gib Lewis - Asst. Wagon Master, Glen D. Courson - Asst. Wagon Master, Jan France - Executive Director, Donald H. Stringer - Business Manger 'Centerpiece of the Texas Sesquicentennial' 'Join our train for a day, a week, or all the way!' Corporate and business sponsorships available *A Texas Non-Profit Corp. CH #676274"

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Tarrant County College Northeast, Heritage Room

Materials documenting local and state history, including images of businesses, cemeteries, churches, courthouses, lawmen, monuments, outlaws, schools, Native Americans, and early pioneers of Tarrant County.

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  • July 2, 1986

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  • Oct. 9, 2006, 6:04 p.m.

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  • Feb. 27, 2017, 6:35 p.m.

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Cirincione, Nick. Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Headquarters Sign in Irving, photograph, July 2, 1986; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18482/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room.

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