Wichita-Brazos Museum hosts Plains Trail quarterly board meeting

QUANAH PARKER TRAIL A REGIONWIDE FOCUS
  • 52 COUNTIES COME TO VISIT ONE Allison Kendrick of Lubbock, left, executive director of the Texas Plains Trail Region, met with Knox County Judge Don Thompson after the heritage tourism organization’s board meeting in Benjamin June 25. The region covers nearly 50,000 square miles in 52 counties of the Lone
    52 COUNTIES COME TO VISIT ONE Allison Kendrick of Lubbock, left, executive director of the Texas Plains Trail Region, met with Knox County Judge Don Thompson after the heritage tourism organization’s board meeting in Benjamin June 25. The region covers nearly 50,000 square miles in 52 counties of the Lone
  • MUSICIAN ERNEST TUBB, also known as the Texas Troubadour, once called Benjamin home. A display at the Wichita-Brazos Museum boasts musical instruments, album covers and other items.
    MUSICIAN ERNEST TUBB, also known as the Texas Troubadour, once called Benjamin home. A display at the Wichita-Brazos Museum boasts musical instruments, album covers and other items.
  • A HISTORICAL QUILT displays the 44 local schools once spread across Knox County— only one of the many interesting finds at the Wichita-Brazos Museum on Highway 82 in Benjamin.
    A HISTORICAL QUILT displays the 44 local schools once spread across Knox County— only one of the many interesting finds at the Wichita-Brazos Museum on Highway 82 in Benjamin.
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    Wichita-Brazos

    The quarterly meeting of the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Plains Trail Region was held in Benjamin June 25, with an emphasis on the Quanah Parker Trail (QPT) efforts taking place over the last couple of years.

    Along those lines, readers may note that Quanah Parker Day is September 12 annually, the occasion highlighting the last chief of the Comanche tribe. Just north of Knox County there are…