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'''Monte Latimer Monroe''' (born July 28, 1954)<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/monte-monroe/montelatimermonroe|title=Monte Monroe|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 30, 2018}}</ref> is the formerly official historian for the U.S. state of [[Texas]]. An archivist with the Southwestern Collection and a faculty member at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], Monroe was appointed state historian by [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] for a term which expired on September 26, 2020.<ref name=appointment>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Gov-Greg-Abbott-Appoints-Monte-Monroe-as-the-Texas-State-Historian-494396791.html|title=Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Appoints State Historian|publisher=NBC in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas|date=September 26, 2018|accessdate=October `1, 2018}}</ref> Then in 2020, Abbott renewed the appointment for a second two-year term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktre.com/2020/10/01/governor-abbott-reappoints-monte-monroe-lubbock-texas-state-historian/

'''Monte Latimer Monroe''' (born July 28, 1954)<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/monte-monroe/montelatimermonroe|title=Monte Monroe|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 30, 2018}}</ref> served as the official historian for the U.S. state of [[Texas]] from 2018 to 2025. An archivist with the Southwestern Collection and a faculty member at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], Monroe was appointed state historian by [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] for a term which expired on September 26, 2020.<ref name=appointment>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Gov-Greg-Abbott-Appoints-Monte-Monroe-as-the-Texas-State-Historian-494396791.html|title=Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Appoints State Historian|publisher=NBC in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas|date=September 26, 2018|accessdate=October `1, 2018}}</ref> Then in 2020, Abbott renewed the appointment for a second two-year term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktre.com/2020/10/01/governor-abbott-reappoints-monte-monroe-lubbock-texas-state-historian/

|title=Governor Abbott reappoints Monte Monroe of Lubbock as the Texas state historian|publisher=KTRE-TV|date=October 1, 2020|accessdate=January 14, 2024}}</ref>

|title=Governor Abbott reappoints Monte Monroe of Lubbock as the Texas state historian|publisher=KTRE-TV|date=October 1, 2020|accessdate=January 14, 2024}}</ref>

On April 27, 2019, Monroe was the featured speaker at the Great Western Trail Days Celebration & Longhorn Show at the Bill Franklin Center in Coleman in central Texas. He discussed the historical significance of the trail, which was established in 1874. After Monroe's speech, The Western Flyers, a western swing and country fiddle band, performed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greatwesterntraildays.com/|title=Great Western Trails Days Celebration & Longhorn Show|publisher=Greatwesterntraildays.com|accessdate=March 23, 2019}}</ref>

On April 27, 2019, Monroe was the featured speaker at the Great Western Trail Days Celebration & Longhorn Show at the Bill Franklin Center in Coleman in central Texas. He discussed the historical significance of the trail, which was established in 1874. After Monroe's speech, The Western Flyers, a western swing and country fiddle band, performed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greatwesterntraildays.com/|title=Great Western Trails Days Celebration & Longhorn Show|publisher=Greatwesterntraildays.com|accessdate=March 23, 2019}}</ref>

After seven years as the state historian, Monroe was succeeded in December 2025 by Richard B. McCaslin, a historian at North Texas State University in Denton and the fifth person to hold the distinction as state historian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/about/positions/texas-state-historian|title=Texas State Historian|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 11, 2026}}</ref>

After seven years as the state historian, Monroe was succeeded in December 2025 by Richard B. McCaslin, a historian at North Texas State University in Denton, published author, and the fifth person to hold the distinction as state historian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/about/positions/texas-state-historian|title=Texas State Historian|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 11, 2026}}</ref>

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