"Alpine, Texas: Home of the Last Frontier"
$10
plus $3 s&h
T-Shirts are available in S, M, L, XL, XXL.
Colors are Brown (dark)
and Sand (light) as pictured.
To order send a check or money order for $13/per shirt
(indicate
size and color) to:
Historic Alpine
P.O. Box 304
Alpine, Texas 79831
Make checks payable to "Historic Alpine"
For
information by email:
sgarza@sulross.edu
T-shirt sales benefit Historic Alpine and
its Wall of Pioneers project.
When in Alpine, T-Shirts are available over-the-counter at:
Quetzal Art
and Imports, 302 W. Holland Ave. (Hwy. 90)
"Life in Early Brewster County: 1880-1920"
As a part of Historic
Alpine's recent Pioneer Day Celebration (April 24), an essay and art
contest, open to elementary, middle school and secondary students
attending Brewster County schools, was conducted. A total of 137 entries
were submitted and judged by a panel of Historic Alpine directors. All
participants receive certificates of achievement.
The winners of the contest were announced during the Pioneer Day
ceremony in the Alpine depot parking lot next to the Wall of Pioneers.
Prizes and certificates were presented, art work was displayed, and
essay contest winners read their compositions.
Contest winners were:
Elementary School Art: Anna Downing (Alpine Elementary), First Place. "06 Roundup." Madeleine Dickinson (Alpine Elementary), "Roadrunner" and Roselinda Alvarado (Alpine Elementary), "The Railroad," Honorable Mention.
Middle School Essay: Apryl Stuart (San Vicente), First Place, "The New Ranch." Mikayla Wilson (San Vicente), "Gilberto Luna," Honorable Mention.
Middle School Art: Austin Smith, (Alpine Middle School), First Place, " The Masonic Building." Chelsea Bingham (Alpine Middle School), "301 N. 9th St."; Logan Cross (Alpine Middle School), "First Baptist Church-1917"; and Ian Rene Ybarra (Alpine Middle School), "The Old Homestead," Honorable Mention.
High School Essay: Mandy Mata (Alpine High School), First Place, "A Rancher's Tale." Sydnee Gatewood (Alpine High School), "A Brief History of Education in Early Brewster County"; and Javier Vispo (Alpine High School), "Terlingua: A Ghost Town" Honorable Mention.
The Directors of Historic Alpine would like to thank West Texas National Bank in Alpine for providing awards, and the teachers who encouraged students to enter the contest: Ms. Hogue; Mrs. Hannah, Mrs. Comb; Mr. Bell, Mrs. Gardner; and Ms. Wheelock.
