Yesterday we were able to secure the services of the finest stage coach operator in Texas to come share his wonderful coach, along with his team of horses named Nip and Tuck. He will be giving rides, and teaching Texas History by living the role of a stagecoach driver to our children on Texas Independence Day. Come along and take a ride.
In the late 1800s Jess Baker was a leader in Granbury and Hood County. In 1911 Texas State Representative Jess Baker once again raised the suffrage question in the Texas House. His resolution to enfranchise women was referred to the committee on constitutional amendments, which recommended that it not pass. Two years later T. H. McGregor…
We are thrilled to announce The Frontier Brigade Band will be featured entertainment at this year’s festival, March 2 – 3. The Frontier Brigade Band Presents Buffalo Bill’s Cowboy Band: A Play With Music Imagine what it must have been like for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West to come to town. It is 1909 and Buffalo…
Granbury’s own Ridge Roberts at the age of 9 will be the featured fiddle player at this year’s Texas Independence Day Celebration. Ridge picked up the fiddle a short two years ago, and immediately knew that he was destined to learn how to play the instrument. He has since learned by memory over forty songs,…
There is no truer hero of the Alamo era than David Crockett. David Crockett was a, farmer, hunter, marksman, frontiersman, author, and representative to the United States Congress. Born in Greene County, Tennessee on August 17, 1786, Crockett left his mark wherever he traveled. He married Elizabeth Patton in 1815, and forged his way to…
Great job to the Texas Heroes Foundation and big thank you to Rich Merrill for the video.
