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PURPOSE: Based in The Woodlands, the Texas Heritage Society Inc.’s purpose is to discover, preserve and promote the history and genealogy of
Texas, particularly of South and Southeast Texas and to broaden historical
knowledge among the general public through programs, projects, and
publications. THS will launch the publication, Journal of Texas Heritage, in
January 2010.
MEETINGS: THS meetings are held in March, June, September and December; day trips to various
historical sites in Texas occur in May, August, November and January.
THS members provide funding for scholarships and awards, work through the Texas
Historical Commission to establish historical markers, support and conduct
cemetery preservation, publish the history and genealogy of Texas and support
the East Montgomery County Museum and Archives. All with common interests are
invited to join this dynamic new organization. photo image courtesy of East
Montgomery County Historical Society, Inc.
PROJECTS:
• Explore and write the histories of long-forgotten Texas sites like Esperanza
and Rusk, now only ghost towns in East Texas.
• Identify historic sites for the purposes of study
• Obtain Texas Historical Commission markers
• Continue development of the THC Inc. Web site including a discussion log encouraging the study of Texas history
and genealogy through dialogue.
STUDY GROUPS: Day trips to historical sites in Texas are scheduled for the months of May,
August, November and February and will follow the course of early Texas
settlement and the Texas Revolution. Hewitt Clarke, coordinator.
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EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: The Texas Heritage Society Inc. engages in activities and services for the support, development and
promotion of the East Montgomery County Museum and Archives, located at New
Caney. It seeks to strengthen awareness of the museum as an important resource
for the study of Southeast Texas history.
PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS: THS recognizes various areas of historical and genealogical work with funding and
special achievement recognition.
THS BOOKSTORE: A resource for hard-to-find books about Texans and Texas.
JOIN US: Dues for the Texas Heritage Society Inc. are $25/year (Jan-Dec) and may be paid by check or money order to
treasurer: Carole Lynn O
’Neal, 71 East Kentwick Place, Conroe, Texas 77384. Dues include day trips and a subscription to the Journal of Texas Heritage along with an annual Tour-of-Texas Study Guide.
ABOUT THE WEB SITE: THS strongly encourages input from all of its members. We hope all members will
contribute their many talents to this site. Please e-mail ideas and suggestions
to webmaster Kameron Searle at
ksearle1@pdq.net . We strongly encourage members to submit articles relating to Texas history
and genealogy to this web site as well as to the
Journal. The Texas Heritage Society also encourges scholars of Texas history everywhere
to submit Texas history articles for publication in the
Journal and on the Web site. Go to Contact Us on the Web site for more information about
submitting an article.
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Article sponsored by The Texas Heritage Society.
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