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'''Frontier Times Museum''' is a [[museum]] of the [[United States|American]] West located in Bandera in the [[Texas]] Hill Country. The facility was opened to the public in 1933 by the [[author]], [[historian]], and publisher John Marvin Hunter (1880–1957).<ref name=frontimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontiertimesmuseum.org/about.htm|title=Frontier Times Museum: A Monument to Pioneer Days|publisher=frontiertimesmuseum.org|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref>
==Museum exhibits==
The museum is named for Hunter’s popular ''Frontier Times'' [[magazine]], which he launched in 1923. It is located at 510 13th Street across from the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church. Hunter acquired a house in 1927 to hold his growing collection of materials on the West. He used native building materials, including stone, fossils, petrified wood, and formations from area caves.<ref name=ftm>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lbf03|title=Frontier Times Museum |publisher=''The Handbook of Texas'' |accessdate=April 6, 2021}}</ref> On display are some 40,000 Old West relics, western [[art]] and antiques, and [[Indian]] artifacts. There are [[China|Chinese]] temple bells and posters of [[Buffalo Bill Cody]]'s Wild West Show.<ref>Texas Department of Transportation, ''2008 State Travel Guide,'' p. 80.</ref> Specific exhibits include a printing press, fireplace, cowboy awards, and a small gallery of paintings. Occasional special events are held, such as the "National Day of the American Cowboy" on July 25.<ref name=frontimes/>
One of the exhibits focuses on Amasa Clark (1825–1927), a native of [[New York]] and the first permanent Anglo settler in Bandera County. He was led to the Medina River Valley by friendly Indians, where he reared nineteen children by two wives and lived to be past one hundred years of age. He established fruit orchards on a 160-acre farm along Indian Creek. He was among the last living veterans of the [[Mexican War]] and later received a pension for his service. A cemetery in Bandera County bears his name.<ref>Amasa Clark exhibit, Frontier Times Museum, Bandera, Texas.</ref>
Another exhibit features José Policarpio "Polly" Rodriguez (J1829-1914) of Bandera. As a boy, Rodriguez was [[apprentice]]d as a gunsmith after the death of his mother. During the 1850s, he was a [scout on U.S. government road expeditions through Texas. During the [[American Civil War]], he served for a time with the Army of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] under [[General]]s [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Albert Sidney Johnston]] and with the Texas Rangers. Converted to [[Methodism]], Rodriguez in 1878 became a circuit-riding minister, having last served congregations in Poteet and Floresville, Texas.. He died of [[pneumonia]]. His museum exhibit describes him as "winning many souls to [[Jesus Christ|Christ]]. He suffered privation, persecution, sorrow; unmoved he went with singing and joy to the very end."<ref>Jose Policarpio Rodriguez exhibit, Frontier Times Museum.</ref>
==Hunter's background==
Hunter was born in Loyal Valley in Mason County Texas, and grew up in such communities as Menard, San Saba, and Mason, where he worked for his father’s [[newspaper]], ''The Mason Herald.'' He later worked for newspapers called ''The Times'' in both Llano and Comfort, Texas, before plunging into the tasks of a bilingual daily in [[Mexico City]].<ref name=hbt>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhu35|title=John Marvin Hunter|publisher=tshaonline.com|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref>
Hunter settled in Bandera, where he published the ''Bandera New Era'' from 1921 to 1935 and then the ''Bandera Bulletin'' from 1945 until his death twelve years later. During his career, Hunter published sixteen papers, mostly four-page weeklies set by hand. He also wrote western history books and printed brochures and other publications on a contract basis.<ref name=hbt/>
He envisioned the museum as a vehicle to help him sell his books and other printed materials. In 1960, three years after Hunter's death, the [[nonprofit organization]] F. B. Doane Foundation purchased the museum from the Hunter estate. The foundation restored the old building, added a gallery, and in 1972 transferred ownership to Bandera County.<ref name=ftm/>
==Texas Heroes Hall of Honor==
In the summer of 2009, the Frontier Times Museum announced its first Texas Heroes Hall of Honor inductees, including three posthumous winners: Hunter himself, Southwestern author Jesse Frank Dobie (1888-1964) andmarksman and boootmaker Joe Bowman (1925–2009) of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The winners have included:
*Ray Wharton of Bandera - 1956 World Champion tie-down calf roper
*Cleo Hearn of Lancaster – co-founder of the American Black Rodeo Association introduced into the genre by Wharton
*Kevin Fitzpatrick of Bandera – 2008 World Champion trick roper
*Terry Boothe of [[Austin]], Texas – cultural preservationist and humorist
*Raul Gaona, Sr., of [[San Antonio]] – co-founder of San Antonio Charro Association and promoter of Mexican culture in the American West.<ref>Genie Strickland, "Frontier Times Museum announces Texas Heroes Hall of Honor,, ''Bandera Bulletin,'' July 7, 2009.</ref>
Frontier Times Museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on Sunday from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://frontiertimesmuseum.org Frontier Times Museum] - official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frontier Times Museum}}
[[Category:Museums]]
[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Texas]]
'''Frontier Times Museum''' is a [[museum]] of the [[United States|American]] West located in Bandera in the [[Texas]] Hill Country. The facility was opened to the public in 1933 by the [[author]], [[historian]], and publisher John Marvin Hunter (1880–1957).<ref name=frontimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontiertimesmuseum.org/about.htm|title=Frontier Times Museum: A Monument to Pioneer Days|publisher=frontiertimesmuseum.org|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref>
==Museum exhibits==
The museum is named for Hunter’s popular ''Frontier Times'' [[magazine]], which he launched in 1923. It is located at 510 13th Street across from the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church. Hunter acquired a house in 1927 to hold his growing collection of materials on the West. He used native building materials, including stone, fossils, petrified wood, and formations from area caves.<ref name=ftm>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lbf03|title=Frontier Times Museum |publisher=''The Handbook of Texas'' |accessdate=April 6, 2021}}</ref> On display are some 40,000 Old West relics, western [[art]] and antiques, and [[Indian]] artifacts. There are [[China|Chinese]] temple bells and posters of [[Buffalo Bill Cody]]'s Wild West Show.<ref>Texas Department of Transportation, ''2008 State Travel Guide,'' p. 80.</ref> Specific exhibits include a printing press, fireplace, cowboy awards, and a small gallery of paintings. Occasional special events are held, such as the "National Day of the American Cowboy" on July 25.<ref name=frontimes/>
One of the exhibits focuses on Amasa Clark (1825–1927), a native of [[New York]] and the first permanent Anglo settler in Bandera County. He was led to the Medina River Valley by friendly Indians, where he reared nineteen children by two wives and lived to be past one hundred years of age. He established fruit orchards on a 160-acre farm along Indian Creek. He was among the last living veterans of the [[Mexican War]] and later received a pension for his service. A cemetery in Bandera County bears his name.<ref>Amasa Clark exhibit, Frontier Times Museum, Bandera, Texas.</ref>
Another exhibit features José Policarpio "Polly" Rodriguez (J1829-1914) of Bandera. As a boy, Rodriguez was [[apprentice]]d as a gunsmith after the death of his mother. During the 1850s, he was a [scout on U.S. government road expeditions through Texas. During the [[American Civil War]], he served for a time with the Army of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] under [[General]]s [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Albert Sidney Johnston]] and with the Texas Rangers. Converted to [[Methodism]], Rodriguez in 1878 became a circuit-riding minister, having last served congregations in Poteet and Floresville, Texas.. He died of [[pneumonia]]. His museum exhibit describes him as "winning many souls to [[Jesus Christ|Christ]]. He suffered privation, persecution, sorrow; unmoved he went with singing and joy to the very end."<ref>Jose Policarpio Rodriguez exhibit, Frontier Times Museum.</ref>
==Hunter's background==
Hunter was born in Loyal Valley in Mason County Texas, and grew up in such communities as Menard, San Saba, and Mason, where he worked for his father’s [[newspaper]], ''The Mason Herald.'' He later worked for newspapers called ''The Times'' in both Llano and Comfort, Texas, before plunging into the tasks of a bilingual daily in [[Mexico City]].<ref name=hbt>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhu35|title=John Marvin Hunter|publisher=tshaonline.com|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref>
Hunter settled in Bandera, where he published the ''Bandera New Era'' from 1921 to 1935 and then the ''Bandera Bulletin'' from 1945 until his death twelve years later. During his career, Hunter published sixteen papers, mostly four-page weeklies set by hand. He also wrote western history books and printed brochures and other publications on a contract basis.<ref name=hbt/>
He envisioned the museum as a vehicle to help him sell his books and other printed materials. In 1960, three years after Hunter's death, the [[nonprofit organization]] F. B. Doane Foundation purchased the museum from the Hunter estate. The foundation restored the old building, added a gallery, and in 1972 transferred ownership to Bandera County.<ref name=ftm/>
==Texas Heroes Hall of Honor==
In the summer of 2009, the Frontier Times Museum announced its first Texas Heroes Hall of Honor inductees, including three posthumous winners: Hunter himself, Southwestern author Jesse Frank Dobie (1888-1964) andmarksman and boootmaker Joe Bowman (1925–2009) of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The winners have included:
*Ray Wharton of Bandera - 1956 World Champion tie-down calf roper
*Cleo Hearn of Lancaster – co-founder of the American Black Rodeo Association introduced into the genre by Wharton
*Kevin Fitzpatrick of Bandera – 2008 World Champion trick roper
*Terry Boothe of [[Austin]], Texas – cultural preservationist and humorist
*Raul Gaona, Sr., of [[San Antonio]] – co-founder of San Antonio Charro Association and promoter of Mexican culture in the American West.<ref>Genie Strickland, "Frontier Times Museum announces Texas Heroes Hall of Honor,, ''Bandera Bulletin,'' July 7, 2009.</ref>
Frontier Times Museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on Sunday from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://frontiertimesmuseum.org Frontier Times Museum] - official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frontier Times Museum}}
[[Category:Museums]]
[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Texas]]