Projects

grant assisted to conduct a Remote Sensing Survey of the 1832 Fort Velasco by Cultural Resources Analysts.

Received a grant to make its collection of archeological artifacts more accessible through use of a laptop computer with Power Point capabilities and projector.

Grant monies to replace existing doors in the Clark Hotel Historical Museum with historically accurate ones.

to pay for promotional materials for the annual Easter Egg Fesitval.

Grant assistance given towards the Blue House documentary about the last Queen Anne Victorian left in the Cedars neighborhood.

Grant funds given for a multi-media and suitcase museum education project documenting Danish settlements in Texas.

Funds, in part, the restoration of a significant portrait of Sam Houston by Texas artist Henry A. McArdle.

grant to restore and reconstruct exterior windows and doors.

THF grant award for post-production costs of Before the Curtain Rises, a documentary on Texas’ Interstate Theatre motion picture exhibition company, founded by Karl Hoblitzelle, which included a network of 250 theaters throughout the state.

Grant for stained glass windows restoration

THF awarded a conditional grant for a project to develop interpretive signage and brochures for a portion of the El Camino Real, which was designated as a National Historic Trail in 2004. The markers and published material will deliver historical background about the trail in general and the site in particular.

Funding for engineering consultation fees related to a study of the Bluff Dale Brigde The 1891 structure is the oldest surviving example of a cable-stayed bridge in Texas and one of the earliest examples in the United States.

Funds for film project recording the history of Matagorda Island.

grant to purchase 60 Texas Ranger crosses.

Grant funding will underwrite costs associated with production of an educational HD video series to supplement Lone Star Lessons, a classroom curriculum focused on the role of the Texas Rangers. The lessons and DVD series will be disseminated to educators statewide.

Funds used to purchase 70 memorial crosses for the Texas Ranger Memorial Cross Program.

In support of the FTRF Memorial Cross Program, which researches, identifies, and documents the burial sites of Texas Rangers statewide. A memorial cross is placed at their graves.

THF provided a grant to Fort Martin Scott Friends for the reconstruction of the blacksmith shop at Fort Martin Scott, a National Register site, that will house an exhibit space for living history demonstrations.

Monies to purchase computer equipment and software to publish brochures and other promotional materials that will help educate and promote the facility to the general public.

A THF gift was awarded to support a film that will document the construction of a traditional Caddo “bee hive” grass home on the park grounds.

THF funds will be applied to complete and install a cenotaph honoring the accomplishments of José Antonio Navarro, which will be placed in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.

Funding for the development and printing of educational materials related to the Navarro: The Opera, a production targeted towards a school-age audience and based on Marj Gurasich’s book, Benito and the White Dove: A Story of José Navarro.

A grant to help build an endowment to fund the specialty needs of the preservation lab at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, specifically to cover conservation supplies and equipment.

A grant to help build an endowment to fund the specialty needs of the preservation lab at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, specifically to cover conservation supplies and equipment.

Grant money applied to costs associated with casting and installing a replica of the Friend of the Indian Statue. The original “Friend” was one of many statues created to advertise Wirt-Franklin gas stations in the 1930s in Texas and Oklahoma.

Grant assistance for continued excavation at the Genevieve Lykes Duncan site, where previous work at the location has confirmed evidence of Late Paleoindian. THF funding will support costs for personnel, travel, supplies, equipment, professional fees, and data analysis.

grant assisted to research, identify, and digitize archival records and artifacts utilizing collection pieces relating to the coastal Texas History to implement a digital learning program.

Money for a tin stamped ceiling inside of a historic railroad depot that will be used as a tourist center and rest stop.

Funding for preservation and restoration of the Fulton Mansion, circa 1874, which was once the home of George and Harriet Fulton, who founded a ranching and meatpacking empire, and is now a State Historic Site.

Funds awarded for the purchase of curation equipment and archival supplies for the organization’s new Collections and Curation Center. The materials will help protect the vast collection of historic materials used in the History Center’s quarterly exhibits.