Other Projects of FoHNI
Friends of Historic Nacogdoches, Inc. has accomplished many projects over the last twenty plus years. Some of these projects were ours alone, many others were conducted in cooperation with other organizations. However they all have had the same goal: to preserve and to promote the history and heritage of Nacogdoches for local citizens as well as tourists from all over the world. The following is not a comprehensive list, but it does include many of our previous projects. These projects have their own pages:
- Oak Grove Interpretive Project
- Banita Creek Trail / Ab's Park
- Oak Grove Cemetery Cleaning
- Nacogdoches Tricentennial Celebration
Friends of Historic Nacogdoches, Inc. is please to have supported the HoustonMod tour (Feb. 10-12) of our town's amazing mid-century modern architecture.
Southern Garden History Society Meeting
October 5-6, 2018 garden history enthusiasts from all over the country came to Nacogdoches and the recently restored Fredonia Hotel to attend the Southern Garden History Society's State Ambassador Program 300 Years of Plants on the Move in Texas. This was exciting opportunity to learn about the role of gardens and plants in Texas history and FoHNI was a proud co-sponsor of the event along with the SFA Gardens.
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Hospitality in the Historic Homes of Nacogdoches - A Cookbook
In 2014 several board members of FoHNI agreed to serve as a committee to write and publish a lavishly illustrated cookbook that would include family recipe favorites from owners of historic homes in Nacogdoches. Leslie Daniel, Patsy Hallman, Jessica Sowell, Rachel Underwood, and Kimberly Verhines (SFASU Press), interviewed home owners, tested recipes, took photographs, and wrote introductory pieces for over fifty Nacogdoches properties. Published in 2015, the cookbook's funds have been dedicated to helping pay for the statue project while raising awareness of the variety of historic homes in town. Historic Hospitality is available for purchase ($40.00) at the Nacogdoches CVB in downtown or at the Mustard Seed on University. This project was so successful that we have now had a second printing!
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1938 Nacogdoches Film
In 2014 Brad Maule was shown a black and white film made in 1938. In 2015 The College of Fine Arts applied for and received a Humanities Texas grant to conduct oral histories with those who remembered Nacogdoches in 1938. Afterwards the College produced a short documentary to complement the historic film. Dr. M. Scott Sosebee, Dr. Perky Beisel, and Linda Reynolds, Certified Archivist, were listed as as humanities scholars for the grant. Friends of Historic Nacogdoches, Inc. provided $250.00 towards the cost of the project. The original film is now preserved by the East Texas Research Center and the Texas Archive of the Moving Image has a digitized copy is available for public viewing. The documentary had its debut as part of the Nacogdoches Film Festival February 25-27, 2016.
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Funding for Digitization
In the fall of 2014 FoHNI funded the digitization of four volumes of city records dated between 1851 and 1923. These are available online and in hard copy at the East Texas Research Center, SFASU.
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Oak Grove Cemetery Brochure, 2014
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Nine Flags at the Gazebo in Eugenia Sterne Park, 2014
Thanks to anonymous donor, FoHNI was able to erect flagpoles to fly the nine flags of Nacogdoches in the park along Main Street. These flags form a colorful backdrop for the gazebo and the Sam Houston and Chief Bowl statue. Friends also built the Gazebo itself in the mid-1990s with the assistance of the Timber Framers Guild of America.
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Membership Picnic, April 12, 2014
Thanks to our generous hosts, David & Frances Shofner, we had a wonderful gathering, great food, and entertainment by Brad Maule. The weather cooperated and was a beautiful day to enjoy the East Texas countryside. Here are a few pictures.
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San Jacinto Day, April 11, 2011 - Hurrah for Texas!!!
In cooperation with the City of Nacogdoches Historic Sites Department (Sterne-Hoya House), the City's Parks and Recreation Department (Oak Grove Cemetery), and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, FoHNI sponsored several events in honor of the 175th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. A tree planting, memorial dedication, and a brief speech were followed by the reading of Nacogdoches men who fought at San Jacinto accompanied by a historic drum. Visitors made a lemonade toast in honor of Adolphus Sterne and enjoyed the events at the cemetery and museum.
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