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Annual Meeting 2023

Bastrop State Park 

Bastrop, Texas

April 14 & 15, 2023

April 14:

11:30: Check – In and Registration Opens

12:00 – 12:15: Welcome and Introductions

12:15 – 1:00: Jesus “Frank” de la Teja presentation on The Baron de Bastrop

1:00 – 1:30: Ken Kesselus presentation on Bastrop and El Camino Real

1:30 – 2:00: Kay Wesson presentation on Claudia Norvell, the DAR, and El Camino Real

2:00 – 2:15: Texas Historical Commission Update

2:15 – 2:30: Break

2:30 – 3:15: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) presentation

3:15 – 3:45: National Park Service presentation on The Survey 123 app and how you can help to map your National Historic Trail

3:45 – 4:15: National Park Service general update

4:15 – 5:00: ElCaT General Membership Business (Election of Board Members)

5:00 – 6:00: Reception

6:00 – 6:30: Dinner

6:30 – 7:15: Brian Beattie & Valerie Fowler, Camino Crankie performance

7:15 – 8:00: Sandra Chipley “Intersecting Trails: Past & Present Historic Preservation, Daughters of the American Revolution”

April 15:

8:30 – 10:00: Guided hike at Bastrop State Park

10:30 – 11:15: Tour of Bastrop County Museum & Visitors Center

11:15 – ? : Self-guided historic tour of Bastrop