Texas Rangers Event
Free symposium in Snyder
Published June 17, 2012 @ 8:32 a.m.
The Scurry County Museum in Snyder, Texas announces a lineup of great speakers for a free event about the law enforcement Texas Rangers on Saturday, July 7.
Museum Director Daniel Schlegel, Jr. said “we have a great lineup of four speakers and they are all excellent speakers and experts in their subjects.”
The museum has a "meet and greet" planned the evening before the event at the Manhattan Coffeehouse on the south side of the Snyder square.
The main event kicks off on Saturday with a breakfast at the Scurry County Museum on the campus of Western Texas College at 9:00 am. Then speakers will be on the hour: 10:00 a.m. with “Ranger Ray” Martinez speaking about creating the professional Texas Lawman including the events at the UT bell tower in 1966; at 11:00 a.m. Harold Weiss will speak about Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald; at 1:00 p.m. Chuck Parsons will discuss Texas Ranger John R. Hughes; and Norm Brown is on at 2:00 pm speaking on Frontier Ranger John Elkins and associates.
The event is free and open to the public on a come and go basis. For any questions please visit www.scurrycountymuseum.org or call 325.573.6107.