Save Texas
History Symposium
X Marks the Spot: New Directions
in Texas
and Borderlands History
X marks the spot at the 10th Annual Save Texas
History Symposium. We will examine Texas
borderland exploration, from the earliest maps of the Gulf Coast
to sovereign Indian territorial claims, and look at defining the southwest.
Join us at the historic Intercontinental
Stephen F.
Austin Hotel
in downtown Austin for an exciting Texas history event.
Fri., Sept. 13: 1:00-6:45 PM (GLO/SFA Building, 1700 Congress Ave);
7:00-9:00 PM (Bullock Museum)
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1:00-5:00 PM - Graduate Student Research
Showcase: New Directions in Texas
and Borderlands History & Tours of the GLO Archives. Included with
registration. Graduate students present their new research on Texas and the Borderlands. Space is limited.
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5:15-6:45 PM - Tours of the GLO Archives and Records &
Pioneer Surveying. Visit with staff of the Texas General Land Office to learn
about the historic resources available from the oldest state agency in Texas. Additionally, GLO
Surveyors will discusss pioneer surveying techniques on the frontier.
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7:00-9:00 PM - Bullock Museum Reception &
Gallery Access - Bullock Museum Reception & Gallery Access - Visit the Bob
Bullock Texas State History Museum for a relaxing evening with access to 37,000
sf of exhibition galleries. A great opportunity to visit one of the premier
history museums in the country without the crowds.
Sat. Sept. 14, 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
(Intercontinental | Stephen
F Austin
Hotel)
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8:00 – 8:30 AM – Registration & Check-in
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8:30 - 9:00 AM - Opening Comments
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9:00 - 9:45 AM - Dr. Juliana Barr - Mapping
Indian Sovereignty in Spanish Archives
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9:50 - 10:30 AM - Dr. Gene Smith - “Americans
aspire to supremacy over the future republics of the New
World”: Manifest Destiny and the Adams-Onís Treaty
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11:00 - 11:45 AM - Dr. Andrew Torget - Stephen
F. Austin Maps Texas
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1:00 - 1:45 PM - Dr. Jay Buckley - Zebulon Pike
and His Contemporaries: Intrigues Surrounding the Exploration and Mapping of Texas, the Southwest,
and the Southern Plains
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1:45 - 2:30 PM - Dr. Adrienne Caughfield - Mary
Austin Holley’s Emigrants’ Guide to Texas
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3:00 - 3:45 PM - Dr. Harriett Denise Joseph -
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda: Facts versus Fake News
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3:45-4:30 PM - Dr. Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez –
Remapping la Comanchería: Spanish Cartography and Indigenous Territorialities
in the Eighteenth-Century Borderlands
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4:45 - 5:15 PM - Dr. Deborah Liles - Texas Cattle, Texas
Railroads, and the Closing of the Frontier
Additional (Choose up to Three Additional Events
(Limit One Attendee per Event per Registrant)
