TELLING TEXAS' STORY: How the story of Texas and Texans 
is uncovered and told ... details on Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas

Jennifer Carpenter is a historian with State Parks.

08 -- We are charged with anything relating to history of the state 
park system and historic preservation of structures throughout 
the state park system and our at historic sites.

Much of her job involves detective work. Lately she's been 
hot on the trail of Englishman William George Hughes, a 
19th Century Hill Country Sheep Rancher. Parts of ranch lie 
within the boundaries of a parcel TPW is developing 
called ABK, or Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural 
Area in Kendall and Bandera counties.

13 -- So, we had a name, but we didn't really know what it meant. 
We went to the county court houses and dug through lease 
records and probate record, whatever we could try to find. So we 
would kind of search around in different repositories through 
Texas. 

And the digging paid off. 

19 -- The University of Texas at San Antonio had the Garland A. 
Perry papers; and he wrote a book on William George Hughes. He, 
I guess, had contacted the Hughes family descendants and they 
shared with Mr. Perry a vast collection of family photographs, 
papers, business materials. It was just a great cache.

Jennifer Carpenter shares more about this19th Century 
Englishman turned Texan and his role in the economic 
development of the Hill Country tomorrow.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I'm Cecilia Nasti.








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