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SPECIAL EVENTS

Apr 2024

Beef on the Brazos 2024

Beef on the Brazos 2024 – 04/15/2024 - 06/28/2024
12:00 am

Take home the cows or take home the cash!  Beef on the Brazos is a unique opportunity for a chance to own a herd of… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Quarter

Cooking in the Quarter – 04/20/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Enslaved women and men, such as Mary, Jerry, Willis, and Jake, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Cooking a hot meal… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Kitchen

Cooking in the Kitchen – 04/21/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Experience the bustle of a busy plantation kitchen and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of a hearth cooked meal being prepared, and reflect… Learn More>>


Sundown Social

Sundown Social – 04/27/2024
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Join us for the Annual Sundown Social fundraiser on April 27th at 6pm. Hosted at the Rockin' Star Ranch, the event features live music by… Learn More>>


May 2024

Plows & Petticoats: A Woman's Role

Plows & Petticoats: A Woman's Role – 05/11/2024 - 05/12/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Learn what life was like for women in the 1850s! Sewing, cleaning, cooking, and childcare comprise the main elements of the “Domestic Sphere” of nineteenth… Learn More>>


Jun 2024

Before Freedom Came

Before Freedom Came – 06/01/2024 - 06/02/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Soon we’ll celebrate Juneteenth, when 250,000 women, men, and children would see freedom come to Texas! But before freedom came, enslaved women and men, like… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Quarter

Cooking in the Quarter – 06/15/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Enslaved women and men, such as Mary, Jerry, Willis, and Jake, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Cooking a hot meal… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Kitchen

Cooking in the Kitchen – 06/16/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Experience the bustle of a busy plantation kitchen and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of a hearth cooked meal being prepared, and reflect… Learn More>>


 

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Corn Off the Cob
09/05/2020 - 09/06/2020    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The ears of corn have dried in the summer sun and been gathered to the corn crib. Now it’s time to husk the ears and [...]
Aww, Shucks!
09/12/2020 - 09/13/2020    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Corn was the largest and most versatile crop grown at Barrington. Discover how various parts of the corn plant would be used across the farm [...]
Farmer's Market
09/19/2020    
12:00 am
Join us under the live oaks at our Visitor Center for our local Farmers Market. Enjoy live music while you shop for local grown produce, [...]
Color to Dye For
09/19/2020 - 09/20/2020    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Though in the 1850s brightly colored and beautifully patterned cloth was readily imported from the mills of England, time in the Texas sun would take [...]
Living History Saturday
Travel back in time to where a nation was born in 1836.  On the third Saturday of each month staff and volunteers dressed in period [...]
Chinking and Daubing
09/26/2020 - 09/27/2020    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Patching the chinking and daubing between the logs of the slave cabins to keep the elements out would be a seasonal task for those enslaved [...]
Bark in the Park
09/26/2020    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Presented by DogWatch Hidden Fence of Houston Bring your four-legged friends to the Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site Share a beautiful day at [...]
White Gold: Cotton in Texas
10/03/2020 - 10/04/2020    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
When Dr. Anson Jones and his family lived at Barrington in the 1850s, selling cotton was the main source of income – a cash crop. [...]
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Corn Off the Cob
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Aww, Shucks!
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Farmer's Market
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Color to Dye For
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White Gold: Cotton in Texas
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