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The Museum of Texas Tech University was established as the West Texas Museum in 1929. It was created by the Plains Museum Society. Original plans called for a three-story building to be constructed. In the summer of 1935, 67 Texas counties agreed to pool their Texas Centennial money for a regional museum and for 35 historical markers. However ...
The National Butterfly Center is a private nature preserve operated by the North American Butterfly Association that serves as an outdoor butterfly conservatory. It is located adjacent to Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park , near the city of Mission in Hidalgo County in the U.S. state of Texas .
The Texas Technological College Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The 110-acre (0.45 km 2 ) district is made up of 27 contributing properties , four non-contributing properties, one contributing structure, one contributing object ...
The National Butterfly Center sits along a natural border, the meandering Rio Grande. "The Butterfly Center is a place where people come to unwind, to enjoy wild free-flying butterflies, to bird ...
The first explorations of the site were conducted in 1939 by the West Texas Museum, now the Museum of Texas Tech University. In 1936, Clark Kimmel and Turner Kimmel found projectile points from the Firemen's Reservoir. In the late 1940s, several Folsom Period (10,800-10,300 years ago) bison kills were discovered.
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Meadows Museum; Museum of Texas Tech University; N. National Ranching Heritage Center; O. Old Stone Fort Museum (Texas) P. Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum;