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GRANT UPDATE
Area History Comes Alive for West Texas StudentsThrough an innovative educational pilot
program, sponsored in part by a grant
from the Texas Historical Foundation,
seven students participated in a history
odyssey, designed to let them discover and
learn firsthand about the history of the
Panhandle area of Texas.
Developed by the Crosby County Pioneer
Memorial Museum Education Department,
and led by its director Bill Bennett,
the program was held June 1 through June
14, 1995.
According to Bennett, "Students are
exposed to world history, national history,
and even Texas history in the lower school
grades. That leaves a huge gap regarding
regional and local history. The museum's
West Texas History Odyssey filled that
need and provided the students of this area
with a sense of place."
The group met for their first session at
the Crosby County Pioneer MemorialMuseum in Crosbyton. They learned about
historical places in and around Crosby
County, and on June 5 they began their
odyssey by journeying to nearby Texas
Tech University to hear Dr. Don Walker,
representing the school's history department,
describe the evolution and migration
of Texas forts. That lecture was followed
with a field trip to the history and
artillery museums at Fort Sill in Lawton,
Oklahoma.
The following day the class went to
Indiahoma in Oklahoma to hear Forest
Kasanavoid, a Comanche elder and code
talker during World War II, as he described
government funding for tribes. At the Kiowa
Tribal Museum they later listened to Ernest
Topah tell about Kiowa history. The next
day's activities included a visit to the
Comanche Tribal headquarters and a stop
at Fort Richardson in Jacksboro, an early
base of General Ranald S. Mackenzie's 4th
Cavalry regiment.On their
return, the
students and
their advisers
stopped at
Fort Griffin,
one of Mackenzie's supply bases; Fort Phantom Hill,
north of Abilene; and Fort Concho,
Mackenzie's headquarters in Abilene.
The group finished its trip and headed
back to the Lubbock area after stopping off
at Caprock Canyon State Park in Quitaque,
Palo Duro Canyon State Park, and Alibates
National Monument, site of the Battle of
Adobe Walls.
Bennett reported that initial evaluations
by the seven class participants and
four adult leaders showed the overall reaction
to the pilot historical program to be
very positive.
"We are hopeful that with continued
cooperation and support from the school
districts, the museum, adult leaders, and
individual and organizational funding
sources, we can offer this educational program
for many years to come.
"We are extremely appreciative of the
Texas Historical Foundation and the financial
support that they offered during
the first year of our project."
Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
Executive Director Verna Anne
Wheeler discussed the West Texas Historical
Odyssey project when she spoke at the
Mountain Plains Museum Association
meeting in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on October
7.L7
A group of students in the West Texas History Odyssey, developed by
the Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum, are shown at the
Comanche Tribal headquarters in Indiahoma, Oklahoma.24 HERITAGE 'FALL 1995
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