April 2011 Texas Plains Trail Region News

TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION NEWS

In this issue

Partnership Grant Deadline April 15, 2011

Quanah Parker Trail Meeting April 20, 2011

Texas Plains Trail Board Meeting

2011 Round-Up in Post

Other Plains Trail Happenings

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Gary Mitchell Crosby County Pioneer Museum with David Turner & Carl Hopper of Copper Breaks State Park at the Quanah Parker Meeting in Crosbyton. (Photo by T.Kreidler)

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Beauty in the Plains (Photo by Holle Humphries)

Looking for a fun road-trip?

Click here for suggestions.

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Festivals are popping up all over the Texas Plains Trail Region. Click to find one to attend!

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THANKS TO THESE COUNTIES WHO LOYALLY AND ANNUALLY SUPPORT THE PLAINS TRAIL FINANCIALLY! (click to find out more about the counties.)

All dollars go back into the region for promotion, marketing, and projects.

BORDEN MOTLEY FOARD COTTLE ARMSTRONG OLDHAM DICKENS GARZA COLLINGSWORTH LIPSCOMB HEMPHILL POTTER COCHRAN KNOX RANDALL HOWARD HARDEMAN LUBBOCK WHEELER CARSON BAILEY CROSBY SWISHER TERRY

DEAF SMITH GRAY HUTCHINSON

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TPTR BOARD MEMBERS

Chair: Candy Boyer, Seminole

Vice-chair: Danyel Parkhurst, Vega

Treasurer: Margo Hardin, Crosbyton

Secretary: Debbie Wegman, Big Spring

Immediate Past Chair: Dolores Mosser, Lubbock

Caryn Borchardt, Crowell

Carol Campbell, Matador

Wendy Carthel, Friona

Linda & Mike Germany, White Deer

Paula Sue Hatfield, Snyder

Kay Henard, Amarillo/Armstrong Co.

Lynn Hopkins, Borger

Holle Humphries, Lubbock

Tamera Julian, Canadian

Ada Lester, Mobeetie

Harry Record, Post

Norma Trolinder, Goodlett/Hardeman Co.

Beverly Wall, Plainview

Carolyn Waters, Hereford

Debbye ValVerde, Big Spring

Our board works diligently giving their time, talent, and treasures to the TPTR organization. They serve as strong advocates and ambassadors for heritage tourism. They help set the regional board policies and strategies for moving the organization forward. Interested in being a board member? Let us know!

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Proudly Serving the 52-Counties of the Texas Plains Trail Region

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Preservation Texas

Preservation Texas Names 3 TPTR sites on Texas' Most Endangered.

Lubbock Post Office and Federal Building

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Santa Fe Railway Depot-Snyder

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Let the Plains Trail Region Help You.

1. You can place all of your community events by yourself.

2. We offer Free Hospitality Training

3. Send us your brochures to take to Travel Shows, State Fairs, and Palo Duro Canyon's Visitor's Center.

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4. Need a speaker? Our Executive Director and Board Members can speak on a variety of topics.

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Greetings!

Wow! Spring already? Not only are we ready to welcome the wonderful weather, but the Texas Plains Trail Region is also ready to Spring into action.

As many of you know, with Texas facing severe budget cuts, Governor Perry proposed the elimination of the Texas Historical Commission and its many programs including our Texas Heritage Program. Although the fight isn't completely over, we are feeling a "bit" more confident that we will be allowed to continue our great work in the state.

Thanks so much to our regional and statewide partners for voicing their passionate concerns by making calls, visits, and writing letters. Thank you for loving Texas's unique heritage!

Tai Kreidler and Holle Humphries advocate for TPTR

The Plains Trail Regional Organization is here to help promote your events, distribute your brochures, spread the word about your attractions, and be a resource to your community.

Partnering with us helps stretch your marketing dollars.Together we can build a better place to visit and live. Please let us know what we can do to help.

Happy Trails,

Deborah Sue McDonald, Executive Director

Partnership Grant Deadline April 15

Hurry! We've got $30,000 worth of THC Partnership Grant money to share in the Plains Trail Region! After 3 successful and informative workshops in the region, we want to encourage you to send in your "Texas Heritage Trails Partnership Grant" applications soon.

Each grant application HAS to be signed by Deborah Sue McDonald, the TPTR Executive Director and MUST be postmarked by no later than April 15, 2011.To find out more about these Partnership Grants, visit our website page or THC's page.

Quanah Parker Trail Meeting Set

When: April 20, 2011

Where: Copper Breaks State Park

(click for link for park directions)

777 Park Road 62
940/839-4331
Time:10:00 a.m-2:00 p.m.

Cost: $10.00 for lunch.

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This will be the 3rd of our Quanah Parker Trail Meetings. The others in Quanah & Crosbyton have been greatly attended by highly motivated and excited individuals from around the Plains Region and state. Join us for this historically important project.

To rsvp, contact Caryn Borchardt at: carynb@3rf.org or call 940-684-1670 by April 18, 2011.

For more information about the project contact Hanaba Welch hanaba.quanah@gmail.com Visit the TPTR/Quanah Parker Trail here. (Photo by R. Vanderpool)

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Lodging near Crowell and Quanah

Best Western in Quanah: Phone: 940/663-5407

Werley Inn-Crowell-werleyinn@srcaccess.net

Hunter's Lodge-Paducah (806) 492-2167

PLEASE NOTE: The Texas Plains Trail Bi-Monthly Meeting will be the next day, April 21 at the Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus. Caryn and the other Crowell locals will offer a walking tour from 2-4 of Crowell's museums, local businesses and a Star Party on April 20, for those interested. It will be fun!

(Photo by Tai Kreidler)

TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL BOARD MEETING

The Plains Trail meetings are a great place to network with like-minded regional partners and to get the latest scoop on tourism, preservation, and other happenings in the region. Won't you join us?

WHEN: April 21, 2011

WHERE: Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus

1424 FM 624 between Paducah and Crowell

TIME: 10:00 am-2:00 pm

LUNCH: 12:00 Longhorn Ranch Steakhouse

(each person responsible for lunch costs.)

RSVP by April 11, 2011 to Deborah Sue at 231-3479 or txplainstrail@yahoo.com. (photo by Holle Humphries)

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Picture Yourself in Post!

Texas Plains Trail Regional Tourism & Preservation Round-Up August 15-16, 2011

After two very successful TPTR Tourism & Preservation Round-Ups in Plainview, the decision has been made to allow other communities in the region the opportunity to host our fun and information-filled yearly conference. So August 15-16 2011...we are heading to Post! Garza County is pulling out all the stops to welcome everyone to their county. Plans our already in the works that promise to offer our attendees a place to gain pertinent tourism & preservation information, and also to get a shot of enthusiasm for your communities and county. Look for registration and details in the coming months! Mark your calendar...you don't won't to miss this one.

OTHER PLAINS TRAIL HAPPENINGS

1. Gas prices got ya down? Now's the perfect time to travel the region. Check out the new Texas Time Travel Website and plan a trip.

2. Visit GoHomeGrown.com, a monthly e-magazine that highlights rural development in our region.This month's TPTR Column features Motley County.

3. Plains Trail and Social Media? Heck yeah! Follow Us, Like Us, Be our Friend, and read our blog.

PROUD TO SERVE THE 52 COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION

Armstrong Bailey Borden Briscoe Carson Castro Childress Cochran Collingsworth Cottle Crosby Dallam Dawson Deaf Smith Dickens Donley Floyd Foard Gaines Garza Gray Hale Hall Hansford Hardeman Hartley Hemphill Hockley Howard Hutchinson Kent King Knox Lamb Lipscomb Lubbock Lynn Mitchell Moore Motley Ochiltree Oldham Parmer Potter Randall Roberts Scurry Sherman Swisher Terry Wheeler Yoakum

Texas Plains Trail Region
Deborah Sue McDonald, Executive Director

Box 661
Borger, Texas 79008
806-273-0920 or 806-231-3479

txplainstrail@yahoo.com www.TexasPlainsTrail.com

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Big Region. Big History. Big Fun!

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Photos by Rick Vanderpool