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SPECIAL EVENTS

Apr 2025

Sundown Social

Sundown Social – 04/26/2025
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Save the date for our Annual Fundraiser, the Sundown Social! See sponsorships and tickets at https://one.bidpal.net/sundownsocial2025/     Learn More>>


May 2025

San Jacinto Ball at Fanthorp Inn

San Jacinto Ball at Fanthorp Inn – 05/03/2025
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

You are cordially invited to a ball commemorating the Battle of San Jacinto which will take place on Saturday May 3rd from 5-8PM at the… Learn More>>


Gamblers, Horse Racers & Sports of All Classes

Gamblers, Horse Racers & Sports of All Classes – 05/17/2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

RESCHEDULED FROM 4/5 to 5/17. Join us and experience the atmosphere of race day at Washington-on-the Brazos! The Jockey Club track in 1840s Washington became… Learn More>>


Plows & Petticoats: A Woman's Role

Plows & Petticoats: A Woman's Role – 05/17/2025 - 05/18/2025
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>>


Before Freedom Came

Before Freedom Came – 05/31/2025 - 06/01/2025
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>>


 

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Focus Weekend- Harness and Tack
01/07/2023 - 01/08/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Though the weather is cold outside, there’s still much work to be done indoors repairing and conditioning leather harness for the next plowing season. Join [...]
Winter Blues
01/14/2023 - 01/15/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Mental health treatment was very different in 1850 than current health management. We know Dr. Jones suffered from low spirits throughout his life and found [...]
Coffee at Fanthorp Inn
01/14/2023 - 01/15/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This weekend visit the Fanthorp Inn and discover the secret to brewing a cup of coffee that's "strong enough to bear up an iron wedge.” [...]
Living History Day: 19th Century Medicine
01/21/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 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 [...]
Special Program- Butchering and Curing
01/21/2023 - 01/22/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Butchering livestock was a very necessary way of life in the mid-19th century. Their main source of meat, pork, has been preserved by drying, salting [...]
Focus Weekend- Parlor Games
01/28/2023 - 01/29/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
What games do you play on a rainy day? Victorian Texans had many imaginative games to entertain themselves without PlayStation’s, Wii’s, TVs, or computers. Play [...]
Cooking in the Quarter
02/04/2023 - 02/05/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Enslaved men and women, such as Jerry, Mary, Willis, and Jake, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Cooking a hot meal [...]
Events on 01/07/2023
Focus Weekend- Harness and Tack
7 Jan 23
Washington
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Winter Blues
14 Jan 23
Washington
Coffee at Fanthorp Inn
14 Jan 23
Anderson
Events on 01/21/2023
Events on 01/28/2023
Focus Weekend- Parlor Games
28 Jan 23
Washington
Events on 02/04/2023
Cooking in the Quarter
4 Feb 23
Washington

Since most events occur at least partially outside, guests should dress appropriately for the weather and uneven terrain. Programs and events are open to all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult.