Bastrop County Freedom Colonies
23 Nov 2019

Bastrop County Freedom Colonies

Bastrop County Museum The Bastrop County Museum has a wonderful exhibit on a series of previously unrecognized Freedom Colonies in Bastrop County.  This exhibit has now been moved to the Elgin Depot Museum and will be there until February.  People interested in Texas History should most definitely plan to visit this exhibit. On June 17th, 1865 (Juneteenth)  General Granger landed […]

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25 Feb 2013

Board of Directors

Melissa Hield is PHIT’s executive director. A founding member of PHIT, she also serves on the board. In 2019 she retired as an executive at a Texas state agency where she specialized in strategic, business, and project planning. Hield has a M.A. in American Civilization from The University of Texas at Austin. She is a writer, researcher, and interviewer on […]

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