Texas Map Society
Spring Meeting
April 4 — 5, 2008
La Port and Houston, Texas
Touring Along Buffalo Bayou
Program
Saturday, April 5, 2008
San Jacinto Museum of History Theater
on the grounds of the
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Park
1 Monument Circle, La
Porte Texas
The gates to the Battleground Park will be opened at 8:30
a.m. for the program. All registrants will receive a window sign with
their confirmation information that will allow entrance into the park
before the scheduled opening time of 9:00 a.m. and without paying the
entrance fee.
8:30 a.m.
San Jacinto Museum of History Theater
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Session I
"Mapping the Battle of San Jacinto"
Jeff Dunn
President of Texas Map Society
9:45 a.m.
Session II
Bus Tour of the Battleground
Jeff Dunn
Tour Guide
Buses will board at the front entrance. Stops will include the Texas Army camp, Mexican Army camp and Scene of Initial Fighting, Scene of the Greatest Slaughter, and Lynchburg Ferry.
12:00 noon
Lunch
The Monument Inn at Lynchburg Ferry
Buses will take us from the battleground and return us to the Museum afterwards.
1:30 p.m.
Session III
"Mapping the Gulf of Mexico"
Richard Francaviglia
Professor, Geographer, and Director of the Center for SW Studies and the
History of Cartography, UT Arlington
2:30 pm.
Break
2:45 p.m.
Session IV
"Revealing the Earth's Subsurface Using
Maps"
Bryan DeVault
Lecturer, Author and Geophysicist
3:45 p.m.
Session V
Viewing the Exhibition
"Drawn from Experience: Landmark Maps of Texas at the
San Jacinto Museum of History"
Elizabeth Appleby
Curator, San Jacinto Museum of History
4:00- 4:30 p.m.
Session VI - Option A
Exhibition / Herzstein Library Tour
or
"Texas Forever"
Multi-Media Presentation
4:40 - 5:10 p.m.
Session VI - Option B
"Texas Forever"
Multi-Media Presentation
or
Exhibition / Herzstein Library Tour
Host for
Session VI
Lisa Struthers
Library Director, Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, San Jacianto
Museum of History
5:15 p.m.
Depart San Jacinto
Park closes at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday Evening - April 5th
5:45 p.m.
Reception Honoring Speakers and Meeting Partners
Home of Jim and Betty Key
1816 North Blvd.
Houston
Partners for the Spring Meeting of the Texas Map Society
Friends of the San Jacinto Battleground
San Jacinto Museum of History
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Jim and Betty Key
Image: "Line drawing of the San Jacinto Monument"
Courtesy of the San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas
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The Texas Map Society
For information please contact
Kit Goodwin at goodwin@uta.edu
Last Updated
03/20/08