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[[Image:Frontier Times Museum, Bandera, TX.jpg|right|thumb|The Frontier Times Museum in Bandera]

[[Image:Frontier Times Museum, Bandera, TX.jpg|right|thumb|The Frontier Times Museum in Bandera]]

'''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>

'''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>

==Texas Heroes Hall of Honor==

==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:

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) and marksman and bootmaker Joe Bowman (1925–2009) of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The winners have included:

*Ray Wharton of Bandera - 1956 World Champion tie-down calf roper

*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

*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

*Kevin Fitzpatrick of Bandera – 2008 World Champion trick roper

*Terry Boothe of [[Austin]], Texas – cultural preservationist and humorist

*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>

*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.

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.