Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine Texas. (original) (raw)

Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine today
Photo courtesy Beth Nobles for www.texasmountaintrail.com, 2008

Alpine � Big Bend Historical Museum

Now known as Museum of the Big Bend, the museum is located on a hillside and constructed of native stone and located on the campus of Sul Ross State University.

The main floor contains the central exhibit hall of pioneer and other historical materials, plus an exhibit of fossils, flora, and fauna of West Texas, and a hall devoted to Indian relics. The construction of the museum was made possible by Centennial Commission funds, a Works Progress Administration project, and the contribution by the Sul Ross State Teachers College. The museum is located on Avenue B and North Harrison in Alpine. http://www.sulross.edu/\~museum/

Texas Centennial Museum in Alpine, known as Big Bend Historical Museum in 1936
From "Monuments Commemorating the Centenary of Texas Independence", State of Texas, 1938

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