Tourism group gathers in Anahuac
The Texas Independence Trail region meeting was
hosted in Anahuac March 27 by the Chambers County Historical
Commission.
The trail's board meets bi-monthly at different
sites around the 28 counties that comprise the historic region.
Anahuac is in this region, and is considered by history buffs to be
"the Cradle of Texas Independence," due to the disturburances at
Anahuac in 1832 which set the stage for the battles of Texas
Independence four years later.
The board met in the newly
remodeled CCHC Archive-Museum building at 300 Cummings St, just
across the street from the historic Thomas Jefferson Chambers
Home.
Present at the meeting were Vicki Woodward, president
and director of the Schelumburg-LaGrande Chamber of Commerce; Tonya
Britton, vice president and director of the Columbus visitor's
center; R B Scherer, secretary, district clerk of Chambers County
and vice chair of the CCHC; David Stewart, director of the
Alamo;
Jeannie Theilmann, director of the Dickerson Chamber
of Commerce; Ona Lee Pierce, Matagorda County Historical Commission
chair; Edith Fischer, director of tourism, Brazosport; Peggy
Spradley, director of the Chamber of Commerce, Sealy;
Associate Director Seneca McAdams, Brenham Chamber
of Commerce; and ,Associate Director Bob Wheat, Chambers County
Historical Commission chair. Visitors included Mary Licon, president
of Anahuac Area Chamber of Commerce, Robbie King, managing director
of the Anahuac Chamber of Commerce, and Lee Pierce, husband of Ona
Lee Pierce.
The group enjopyed a seafood lunch catered by the
Wooden Spoon, and earlier ,
on Monday evening, they were
treated to a boat ride on the Trinity River, courtesy of Pudge
Willcox at Chambers-Liberty County Navigation District and JoAnn
Baird and Amy Hill of the Upper Gulf Coast Waterborne Education
Center.
The group commented upon leaving that it was so
pleasurable to be invited to return to Anahuac again, to enjoy the
hospitality, excellent food, and see and hear all the wonderful
sights and sounds of this historic area.
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