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EVENTS, ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS AT THE MUSEUM:
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Annual Mother/Daughter Luncheon
The River Valley Pioneer Museum invites you to our Annual Mother/Daughter Luncheon. Bring your mother, daughter, niece or a friend for lunch and a program.
It’s time to take our “hats off” to the myths that surround breast cancer and get the facts! Join the Amarillo Area Breast Health Coalition as they present this enlightening, educational and interactive program.
 “Hats Off” to Breast Cancer Myths
Date: May 2nd, 2010
12:30PM
River Valley Pioneer Museum
118 N. 2nd Street
Canadian, TX.
Get the facts…
- Can you be too old to worry about breast cancer?
- What about family history and breast cancer?
- Does ethnic origin matter?
- Do only women have to be concerned about breast cancer?
Contact Sharon at 806-323-6548 or rvmuseum@cebridge.net
for more information. Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 28th.
AABHC is grantee of Susan G. Komen for the Cure/Greater Amarillo Affiliate
Jump Start ART
Pastel Portraits
Time: Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 pm
March 2, 9, 23, 30 (take off the week of spring break)
Recommended Ages: Elementary students ages 6-11
Cost: $50 per student
Class: This exciting project introduces students to portrait drawing while encouraging them to use creative and vivid coloring. Each student will work from a photograph to create an expressive and colorful self-portrait.
Concepts:
- Facial proportions
- Feature drawing skills
- Highlights, shadows and shading
- Drawing and blending with chalk pastels
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New Book Provides Window into Hemphill County’s Past
Through more than 200 vintage images |
New from Arcadia Publishing and local author Susan Caudle, in conjunction with The River Valley Pioneer Museum, is Hemphill County, the latest in the popular Images of America series.
From Spanish conquistadores and American Indian battles to railroads and oil booms, Hemphill County has seen it all. Located in the northeast Panhandle, Hemphill County is a land of sage-covered sand hills and rolling breaks, with towering buttes and deep canyons cut by the Canadian River.
Canadian, the county seat, has a unique history of its own. This oasis located on the banks of the Canadian River was the site of the first rodeo in Texas and a stop on the Santa Fe Railway. Other commerce soon followed, including a successful ranching and farming culture, as well as many thriving oil and natural gas industries.
Highlights of Hemphill County:
- The majority of the images included were selected from the archives of the River Valley Pioneer Museum and their Julius Born Collection.
- The remaining photos were provided by local residents and have never been published before.
- Represents the history of Hemphill County from 1888 – 2000.
*All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the River Valley Pioneer Museum.
Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.
Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places. Have we done a book on your town? Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.
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Hemphill County
By Susan Caudle and
The River Valley Pioneer Museum
Images of America Series
Price: $21.99
128 pages/ softcover
Available: October 5, 2009 |
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2010 COMMUNITY CALENDARS ARE HERE!!!
Calendars will sell in our gift shop for $10 plus tax. If you would like to reserve copy, please call 323-6548 or stop by our gift shop.
This year’s theme is “Picturesque Canadian”. The pictures featured in the 2010 Community Calendar were determined by a Photo Contest which was held in our gallery room. Public voting occured from August 11th through October 18th and the final twelve photographs were chosen.
Here's a few pic's that are featured in the calendar
  
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River
Valley Pioneer Museum
rvmuseum@cebridge.net
PO Box 1201
118 N. 2nd
Canadian, TX 79014
(806) 323-6548
Hours of operation:
Tuesday - Friday 9am - 12 noon, 1pm - 4pm
Saturdays - 1pm - 3pm
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