DATE:  June 17, 2004

CONTACT:  Tina Luther (210) 458-2237; tluther@utsa.edu

TEXAS PIONEER ERA COMES TO LIFE AT THE ITC

(San Antonio)—Experience how great-grandma and grandpa roughed it on the frontier by shelling corn, taking lessons in the one-room schoolhouse and scrubbing clothes using a washboard. “Texas Trails and Tales,” an interactive exhibit highlighting pioneer life in the state, will be held June 22-Aug. 7 on the Back 40 of the Institute of Texan Cultures. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

“This is an ideal opportunity to see life as it was in the 1800s,” said Karen Sanchez, Back 40 educational coordinator. “Hands-on activities and demonstrations by costumed docents give visitors insight to early Texas life.”

A special feature of “Texas Trails and Tales” will be a military camp demonstration, slated for July 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A Confederate and a Union soldier will demonstrate weaponry and discuss military life during the Civil War era.

This exhibit is included with ITC admission: adults, $7.50; seniors (65 years and older), $4; military personnel (ID required), $4; children 3-12 years of age, $4; children 2 years of age and under, free.

For more information, call 210-458-2330 or visit www.texancultures.utsa.edu.

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