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==Interpretative theme==

==Interpretative theme==

Since 1999, the McWhiney Foundation has developed an interpretative theme for the site. Visitors can learn the history of the last half century of the Texas frontier between 1875 and 1925. They can obtain an understanding of the forces, such as the [[automobile]], that brought change to the region. The village offers special events and lectures. A short book, ''The Texas You Expect: The Story of Buffalo Gap Historic Village'', is now in publication.​<ref name=gap/>​

Since 1999, the McWhiney Foundation has developed an interpretative theme for the site. Visitors can learn the history of the last half century of the Texas frontier between 1875 and 1925. They can obtain an understanding of the forces, such as the [[automobile]], that brought change to the region. The village offers special events and lectures. A short book, ''The Texas You Expect: The Story of Buffalo Gap Historic Village'', is now in publication.​<ref name=gap/>​

 

Buffalo Gap Village offers the public access to the Chautauqua Learning Series. These are monthly lectures based on the Chautauqua movement which spread throughout the [[rural]] United States at the turn of the 20th century. Speakers on the circuit included comedian and folklorist Charles Ross Taggart (1871-1953) and [[William Jennings Bryan]], three-time [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. President|presidential]] nominee in 1896, 1900, and 1908. A sample lecture is entitled "Victorian Underpinnings: Why Did They Wear That?" about heavy women's clothing in the 19th century.<ref>http://www.buffalogap.com/chautauqua/victorian.html</ref>​

Buffalo Gap Village offers the public access to the Chautauqua Learning Series. These are monthly lectures based on the Chautauqua movement which spread throughout the [[rural]] United States at the turn of the 20th century. Speakers on the circuit included comedian and folklorist Charles Ross Taggart (1871-1953) and [[William Jennings Bryan]], three-time [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. President|presidential]] nominee in 1896, 1900, and 1908. A sample lecture is entitled "Victorian Underpinnings: Why Did They Wear That?" about heavy women's clothing in the 19th century.<ref>http://www.buffalogap.com/chautauqua/victorian.html</ref>

 

Buffalo Gap also hosts [[music]]al events such as its annual [[Bluegrass]] Festival.​

Buffalo Gap also hosts [[music]]al events such as its annual [[Bluegrass]] Festival.​ The community is four miles northeast of Lake Abilene and the Abilene State Park. Less than ten miles away is the state-of-the art Frontier Texas! museum in downtown Abilene, which features narration by the former ''Gunsmoke'' western star [[Buck Taylor]]. Lake Kirby within Abilene offers [[fishing]] and picnicking.​

The community is four miles northeast of Lake Abilene and the Abilene State Park. Less than ten miles away is the state-of-the art Frontier Texas! museum in downtown Abilene, which features narration by the former ''Gunsmoke'' western star [[Buck Taylor]]. Lake Kirby within Abilene offers [[fishing]] and picnicking.​

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