04/22/2017 – 04/23/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Baskets were a utilitarian and useful item on a farm, used much like our plastic bags or baskets today, but people could buy or make their own. Many different kinds were made, some by folks on the farm repaired or made their own. For more information, contact Bruce Wardlow at (936) 878-2214 ext. 246 or […]
04/22/2017 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Join us for our annual Sundown Social and help us celebrate the 181st anniversary of Texas! This fundraising event starts with cocktails and appetizers, followed by a gourmet chuck wagon steak dinner by Jimmy Detro and musical entertainment by the 2016 Texas State Musician recipient Joe Ely. A Lubbock, TX native, Ely is a singer/songwriter […]
05/13/2017 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Fanthorp Inn will host Stagecoach Days allowing visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross country via stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s history and connection with early stage lines. A suggested donation of $4 ($10 with coach ride) for adults and $2 ($5 with coach ride) for children to tour the Inn […]
05/20/2017 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Join museum staff on the third Saturday of each month to make crafts and toys that pioneer kids made during the Republic time. Visitors can also discover what life was like for kids living in the 1830s in the newly renovated Pioneer Playroom. For more information, contact Donna Barker at (936) 878-2461 ext. 236 or […]
05/27/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Writing letters was an important way to communicate news, family information, announcements, and new ideas or events to the world. Try your hand with a calling card, and see the importance of the written word. For more information, contact Kellie McKenney at (936) 878-2114 ext. 246 or kellie.mckenney@tpwd.texas.gov.
06/03/2017 – 06/25/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Spring cleaning was a yearly ordeal that families underwent to prepare their house for warmer weather and to clean out the dust and dirt from a shut-in winter. It was much more laborious than cleaning today and you can help clean windows and shake out rugs. Learn how we clean other items in the house […]
06/10/2017 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Fanthorp Inn will host Stagecoach Days allowing visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross country via stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s history and connection with early stage lines. A suggested donation of $4 ($10 with coach ride) for adults and $2 ($5 with coach ride) for children to tour the Inn […]
06/24/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – On the 19th of June 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and made a declaration of freedom ending the bondage of approximately 250,000 enslaved men, women and children in Texas. Since that time, “Juneteenth” has been celebrated and remembered by picnics, parades, family reunions, pageants, barbecues and games. Join us as we observe […]
07/01/2017 – 08/27/2017 @ All Day – The Brazos Valley has a summer full of fun. Check out the weekend guides below for two months of activities worth visiting for. July 7-9 Weekend July 14-16 Weekend July 21-23 weekend July 28-30 Weekend August 4-6 Weekend August 11-13 Weekend August 18-20 Weekend August 25-27 Weekend
07/01/2017 – 07/30/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Help harvest our corn fodder and corn, as weather permits, and tend to our fields throughout the summer. Fighting the weeds is something everyone had to do to help survive and corn being one of the Jones’ cash crops it was most important to tend to. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m every weekend in July. […]
07/04/2017 @ 10:00 am – 10:00 pm – “Fireworks on the Brazos,” one of the park’s most treasured events occurs on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Presented by H-E-B and coordinated by Washington on the Brazos State Park Association. The event celebrates when the U.S. became the U.S., at the place “Where Texas Became Texas.” The Fourth of […]
07/08/2017 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Fanthorp Inn will host Stagecoach Days allowing visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross country via stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s history and connection with early stage lines. A suggested donation of $4 ($10 with coach ride) for adults and $2 ($5 with coach ride) for children to tour the Inn […]
07/15/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – 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 clothing bring to life the people and events of Old Washington providing a unique opportunity to discover various aspects of life surrounding the birth of the Republic of Texas. The […]
07/15/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Join museum staff on the third Saturday of each month to make crafts and toys that pioneer kids made during the Republic time. Visitors can also discover what life was like for kids living in the 1830s in the newly renovated Pioneer Playroom. For more information, contact Donna Barker at (936) 878-2461 ext. 236 or […]
08/05/2017 – 08/27/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Volunteers can assist the farm staff in tending to fields and gardens to keep down bugs and weeds, which are the enemies of the farmer. Contact (936) 878-2214, ext. 246. All weekends in August.
08/19/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – 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 clothing bring to life the people and events of Old Washington providing a unique opportunity to discover various aspects of life surrounding the birth of the Republic of Texas. The […]
08/19/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – Join museum staff on the third Saturday of each month to make crafts and toys that pioneer kids made during the Republic time. In the Pioneer Playroom, visitors can also discover what life was like for kids living in the 1830s. Contact Donna Barker at (936) 878-2461, ext. 236 or Donna.barker@blinn.edu.
09/09/2017 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Stagecoach Days allow visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross country via mule-driven stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s history and connection with early stage lines. A suggested donation of $4 ($10 with coach ride) for adults and $2 ($5 with coach ride) for children to tour the Inn and ride the […]
09/16/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Join museum staff on the third Saturday of each month to make crafts that pioneer kids made during the Republic time. Visitors can also discover what life was like for kids living in the 1830s in the newly renovated Pioneer Playroom. Contact Donna Barker at (936) 878-2461, ext. 236 or Donna.barker@blinn.edu.
09/16/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – 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 clothing bring to life the people and events of Old Washington providing a unique opportunity for the entire family to discover various aspects of life surrounding the birth of the […]
09/23/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Join the staff in picking heirloom cotton and tending the fields on an 1850s farm. Learn where Dr. Jones’ sold his most important cash crop. Contact Bruce Wardlow at (936) 878-2214, ext. 246 or bruce.wardlow@tpwd.texas.gov
10/07/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – The farmer was only one member of a large world market in the 1800s. Other trades in action such as leather working, laundering, woodworking, spinning, blacksmithing and pottery making will be displayed. Contact Mike Edwards at (936) 878-2214, ext. 246 or mike.edwards@tpwd.texas.gov.
10/14/2017 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Fanthorp Inn will host Stagecoach Days allowing visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross country via stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s history and connection with early stage lines. A suggested donation of $4 ($10 with coach ride) for adults and $2 ($5 with coach ride) for children to tour the Inn […]
10/21/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – 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 clothing bring to life the people and events of Old Washington providing a unique opportunity for the entire family to discover various aspects of life surrounding the birth of the […]
10/21/2017 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Join museum staff on every Saturday of each month to make crafts and toys that pioneer children made during the Republic time. Visitors can also discover what life was like for children living in the 1830s in the newly renovated Pioneer Playroom. Contact Donna Barker at (936) 878-2461, ext. 236 or Donna.barker@blinn.edu.
10/21/2017 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Blinn College’s Star of the Republic Museum will bring Texas history to life with a few new additions during this year’s Night at the Star of the Republic Museum. The museum invites families to arrive between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, to enjoy a wagon ride, a museum tour in which […]
11/04/2017 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Visitors will discover the wild edible plants plentiful in Texas. Hosted by one of the area’s most intrepid explorers, Dr. Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen, Ph.D. will teach which plants are edible and/or medicinal. He will proselytize on how foraging heals the body, mind and soul. Class size is limited and recommended for ages 12 and up. […]
11/11/2017 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Come see how staff keep a works farm running when it is closed to the public. Join them in not-so-period farm work and learn some secrets about Barrington Living History Farm. Contact Mike Edwards at (936) 878-2214, ext. 246 or mike.edwards@tpwd.texas.gov.
11/18/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Join museum staff on the third Saturday of each month to make crafts and toys that pioneer kids made during the Republic time. Visitors can also discover what life was like for kids living in the 1830s in the newly renovated Pioneer Playroom. Contact Donna Barker at (936) 878-2461, ext. 236 or Donna.barker@blinn.edu.
11/18/2017 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – 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 clothing bring to life the people and events of Old Washington providing a unique opportunity to discover various aspects of life surrounding the birth of the Republic of Texas. The […]
