ENLOE MUSEUM FEATURES TELEGRAPH

 ENLOE MUSEUM features TELEGRAPH

Telegraph service has returned to Enloe, Texas, via a working display housed in the Clara Foster Slough Museum of Enloe.  The display is setup with a WWI outpost display in the military section of the museum, and communicates from the field telegraph to a 'head quarters' telegraph.  

Students are able to communicate using the telegraph keys, and morse code charts, to experience the original 'texting' devices !

The telegraph key sets where sourced and donated by Jeff and Lane Duncan, and wired using original telegraph poles, that were used in Delta County.

Plan a visit to the Clara Foster Slough Museum, and make sure to try your hand at 'texting' using the telegraph !

Enloe Museum Continues Research Documentation and Exhibit Collection in 2019

Staff at the Clara Foster Slough Museum in Enloe continue to document an enormous amount of information on area families and early settlers, and plan to increase efforts to scan and upload selected information onto the internet.  Initial plans are to upload the documents onto 'Facebook', in album form.

Also, the museum volunteers are hoping to add to the growing military collection, displayed in the newest expansion project which has been completed.  With the Military Exhibit expansion complete, a focus of museum volunteers will be on some exciting new exterior projects in 2019 !

Make sure to plan a visit to the museum when you are in the area !  The Enloe Museum is open most Fridays, and often times during the week.  For Saturday and Sunday visits, it is best to call ahead, and arrange for staff to open the building prior to your visit, so we can warm the building up for your comfort !!  To schedule a visit, contact Richard Duncan at (903)784-8114.   We can also be reached via email, at EnloeMuseum@gmail.com

Make sure to Follow the Enloe Museum on FACEBOOK  !!!!

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ENLOE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE & CELEBRATION SET FOR JUNE 30

The 2018 Enloe Indepedence Day Parade & Celebration is set for Saturday, June 30.  A parade through downtown Enloe is scheduled for 5pm, with the parade lineup slated for 4:30 pm.

A cookout is set to follow, immediately after the parade conclusion.  The cookout will be held at the Enloe Community Center, and will include hot dogs, hamburgers and trimmings, provided by the Enloe Community Center.

The Clara Foster Slough Museum will be open throughout the day for visitors !  Please stop by and visit the museum before the parade, check out the new exhibits, enjoy a cool beverage and find a good spot to enjoy the parade !

Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival Features Enloe Museum Displays

The Clara Foster Slough Museum of Enloe staff was a proud participant in the 2017 Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival, held in downtown Cooper, Texas.  The Enloe Museum staff organized a display featuring a 1900's era Cotton Wagon from Akard Wagon Company of Lake Creek, Texas.  The display also included a working set of wagon mounted cotton scales, a set of field scales for weighing bales of cotton, original cotton sacks, bale dollys, and various supporting equipment for cotton harvesting. 

The museum staff also provided televised documentary and educational videos on cotton history and production in Delta County.  The staff was on hand throughout the day, to visit and answer any questions from festival goers.  The event was a great success, which included a pancake breakfast, music entertainment, a motorcycle ride and a 5K run, and dozens of vendors.  

The Enloe Museum articles were displayed in the J.F. Henslee Hardware building on the Cooper square, with thanks to Jennifer Dwyer for arranging and providing for the museum exhibit.  We were proud to have been a part of such a great event in Delta County !

Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival set for October 14th

The Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival is set for October 14th, and looks to make for a fun filled Saturday with bales of entertainment !

The Lions Club Pancake Breakfast is set to kickoff the event at 7am, in downtown Cooper, Texas at the Fire Department facility.

Carnival activities and free concerts are slated to take place all day on the Cooper Square, starting at 8am and continuing into the evening.

The Delta County Cotton Harvest Motorcycle Run will commence at 10am, and will feature a scenic cruise through the cotton fields of Delta County, and will conclude with a drawing for awesome prizes. 

Displays and vendors will be located downtown for festival goers and cotton harvest participants.

Check out the Delta County Cotton Harvest Facebook page for updates  Delta County Cotton Harvest on FB

Visit the official Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival webpage for forms and details  Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival Webpage


View the Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival Motorcycle Run route at  Cotton Harvest Motorcycle Run Route

Enloe Museum Set For Enloe Homecoming September 3rd

The staff at the Clara Foster Slough Museum in Enloe will have the museum open during the Enloe Homecoming, set for September 3rd.  The museum members are proud to have reached the finishing stages of the new military addition.

The new military exhibit area has been a multiyear project to extend the existing building, to provide for the growing military artifacts housed at the museum.  In 2017, the museum has joined many facilities throughout Texas and the nation, in honoring veterans of World War I.  As United States Armed Forces entered the war in April of 1917, this year will mark the World War I Centennial, and is recognized by many museums throughout the country. 

As part of the Enloe Homecoming on September 3rd, guests are invited to tour the museum, and view the progress made on the military exhibit area.  The addition will also serve as a meeting facility, with several programs already planned and scheduled.

Mark your calendars to stop the museum during the Enloe Homecoming weekend !

Clara Foster Slough Museum of Enloe Video Library Brings History To The Big Screen

The Clara Foster Slough Museum of Enloe has initiated a video library project, which will help to bring Enloe area history to the big screen !  As big of a screen as you might own, anyway !  The museum staff are in the process of constructing a video library, available for viewing on YouTube. 

The video library link can always be found on this blog page, on the right hand side.  Check out this link for a preview:  Enloe Video Library 

The video page will have several playlists, to help group the videos for searching.  One of the first playlists to have videos posted for viewing, will be a collection of older videos from Paris Drag Strip.  A collection of VHS and camera cassette tapes, has been converted to DVD and loaded for internet access, that where filmed during the 1980's and 1990's.  The films feature area racers from across several states, including many from the Delta County area.

Another video collection that will be a featured playlist, will be for Enloe Museum Interviews.  This playlist will be for interviews conducted with area guests and personalities.  We hope to grow this collection, for area families and friends, to record some of their history in person.

The museum staff hopes to be able to incorporate the video library, into further sharing Delta County and surround area history. 

If you have video, that you think would be of interest and that you would like to share with the museum, please bring to the Clara Foster Slough Museum in Enloe !  We will try to convert any video types, to a format that we can load and share via the museum 'youtube' page.  If you would like to arrange for a video interview, please contact Richard Duncan at (903)784-8114. 

While the Enloe Museum is proud to house a great genealogy library, with records, photos and documents,  the video recordings of area story tellers is an even better way to share some history !

Let us know any ideas or contributions that you might share !!!