The 14th Cotton and Rural History Conference is this Saturday, April 17, 9:30-1:30 in Greenville, Texas, at the Audie Murphy / American Cotton Museum. The keynote talk will be by State Historian Light Cummins on "The Austin Family and the Foundations of Cotton Culture in Antebellum Texas." Registration is $10 and includes a barbecue lunch. To reserve a lunch, please call the museum at 903-450-4502.
The museum is located on Interstate 30 about an hour east of Dallas.
Details and directions to the museum are here:
http://www.collin.edu/history/Cotton2010.htm.
The museum is located on Interstate 30 about an hour east of Dallas.
Details and directions to the museum are here:
http://www.collin.edu/history/Cotton2010.htm.
