Heritage, Volume 6, Number 3, Fall 1988 Page: 29
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:; ig .:E . SE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~............. ............ .... ..KOREA: America's
First Limited War
An Exhibition of American
History at the Museum of
the Lyndon Baines Johnson
Library
Thirty-eight years ago our nation fought the
first war in the thermonuclear age, and attitudes
during this conflict shaped a new way of
looking at war. This was the Korean War, and
it is currently the subject of a major exhibition
at the museum of the Johnson Library.
It's a dynamic story that began in 1950 with
a surprise attack across the 38th Parallel in
Korea. President Truman responded quickly,
and within a matter of days a battalion of
American soldiers faced a well-prepared North
Korean army, but suffered heavy losses when
they were forced to retreat.
The exhibit follows with General Douglas
MacArthur's brilliant amphibious attack on
Inchon, handing the North Korean Army a
stunning defeat. The balance of war changed
again at the Chosin Reservoir near the banks of
the Yalu River, when the American forces were
surrounded by a Chinese Army often divisions.
The retreat from Chosin, or the "attack in
another direction," as the Marine Commanding
General called it, was so heroically executed
that it has been written into history as
one of the great campaigns of the United States
Marine Corps.
The fighting finally stopped when an
Armistice was signed in 1953. There was no
surrender; it just stopped where it began. But it
set in motion a chain of events which led to
another war in Vietnam and continues to influence
our policies today.
Illustrating these events are the original
artifacts of the war: official documents, manuscripts
and correspondence from Harry Truman;
Douglas MacArthur, and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff; uniforms and weapons used by the
North Korean, Chinese and American soldiers;
captured flags; paintings; sculptures and
photographs. In addition, there is audio and a
continuously-running video that provides an
overview of the war. It's American historya- tin *
and it's fascinating. For tour information, call
(512) 482-5279, or write the LBJ Library, 2313
Red River Street, Austin, Texas 78705.Wells Branch Homestead
An early 1850s homestead is the focal point of
Katherine Fleischer Park located in the neighborhood
of Wells Branch, just north of Austin.
Restored in 1982, the homestead consists of a
log cabin believed to have been constructed in
the 1850s, plus a newer addition separated by a
hallway that was formerly a breezeway.
The cabin was meticulously made. The handhewn
logs were smoothed on the inside walls,
and special pieces of wood had been cut to fill in
gaps between the logs. A variety of "chinking"
techniques were used to seal the logs. The homestead
also features a "Texas-style" porch and two
stone chimneys.
The site includes several outbuildings-a
smokehouse, corncrib, syrup cooking shed and
"two-holer" outhouse.
Initially, Provident Development Company
oversaw and provided funding for the cabin. In
1986, the Wells Branch Homestead Board of
Directors was established to oversee the activities,
which presently include tours given on
Mondays and Tuesdays year-round, an annual
festival in June, and a Thanksgiving dinner.
According to preliminary research, the land
was granted by the State of Texas to J. P. Whelin
in 1851, in recognition of his military service to
the Republic of Texas. Whelin later conveyed
the property to Nathaniel C. Raymond, whobrought his family from Mississippi to the
Austin area by 1846. He gained recognition as
Assistant Secretary of the Texas Senate, editor
of the Austin State Gazette, and inventor of a
durable brick known as "lithacola concreta".
Raymond only owned the homestead property
for a few years, and sold it in 1853 to John
M. Gault. Because of the increased value of the
land over the brief period of time, it is assumed
that Raymond made some improvements to
the site prior to the sale. Subsequent owners
have included the Pierce, Roy Carroll Cox, and
Klattenhoff families. The Klattenhoffs sold the
land to Provident Development Company.
The Wells Branch Homestead is representative
of a pioneer Texas building type known
as the "evolutionary house". It began as a oneroom
cabin, and with the demands of growing
families, was enlarged with construction of a
frame addition and a shed addition across the
back. Such homestead sites were once common
in Travis County, and can still be found in the
more rural counties of Central and East Texas.
[If you would like more information about
the Homestead tours, festival and Thanksgiving
dinner, or to make a donation to fund the
Homestead's operation, please call (512) 2512503,
or write 2106 Klattenhoff, Austin, Texas
78728. -Ed.]
a^^^-^M0. T. Baker, former director of the Institute of
Texan Cultures, demonstrates "water witching" at
the Homestead.29
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