Newberry Cabin groundbreaking at Doss Heritage Center
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
The Pioneer Cabin Park at the Doss Center held its
groundbreaking in February of 2016. The project has
completed its initial water line installation. Planning
and construction continues and the goal is to have at
least one cabin on site by the end of 2016. Fundraising
efforts continue through the 1849 Club according to
Dean Hungate, Managing Director of the Doss. “In
1849, you could build a log cabin in Texas for $75.
We are asking for our community to rally around the
Pioneer Cabin Park at the Doss by donating $75 to be
a part of the 1849 Club. We’ve raised over $6,000 and
appreciate everyone who has made a gift towards the
cabin project. Information on the 1849 Club is available
at the museum during regular business hours or on our
website,” he said. For more information on donation
opportunities, contact the museum at 817-599-6168.
DECEMBER 2016
Sciences and an Associate Professor
of Geology at Weatherford College,
and takes a more emotional view
of the project that many people can
relate to. She said, “I read Laura
Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the
Prairie series and have always been
fascinated by that era. I can look at
the Newberry Cabin and imagine
what it must have been like … to
stand on the porch and see the very
same vista that they would have seen
when they stood on that same porch
is transcending.”
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