Frontier furs. Albany third grader Gracie Rogers (at left, l) feels of one of animal hides at a reenactor’s tent on Friday morning during Fort Griffin State Historic Site’s annual Living History Days. Musician Jesse White (below, l) looks at his music for another old tune to play on his banjo while he explains both the music and the instrument for a group of Nancy Smith Elementary School students.
Albany sculptor Joe Barrington (at left, r) and Shackelford 150 committee members unveil the pecan branch and oversize bronze pecan “benches” on the south side of the Courthouse Square. A few minutes earlier, Barrington (below) told about the idea for the branch, which represents the pecan tree near Fort Griffin under which the Shackelford County charter was originally signed.
