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Fort Stockton resident Kirby Warnock was a feature presenter at the Center for Big Bend Studies 29th Annual two-day conference last weekend on the campus of Sul Ross State University. Taking place on November 10 and 11, the yearly conference brings together historians, archaeologists, folklorists and other researchers studying the past and present of the Big Bend region and northern Mexico.

The Goodnight-Loving Trail, Inc. and the Pecos County Historical Commission hosted the Spirit of the River Horsehead Crossing Living History Event. Out by the Pecos River off Highway 11 is a Historical Monument that stands alone by the river erected in 1936 by the State of Texas marker number 2564. On October 27-29, 2023, Horse Head Crossing travelled back in time with Comanche Drummer with song, Lipan Apache, Jumano, and Pueblo, Mescalero, two Poarch Band of Creek Indians and other Native Americans, campfire and chuck wagons cooking, Confederate soldiers, living historians, live cannon fire, gun slinger shootouts, Cowboy Poetry and 528 students and sponsors of all ages from Iraan, Reagan County, Christian Academy of Ft. Stockton, and Monahans. The chuck wagons were up early serving breakfast, later lunch, and supper to all that attended the Spirits of the River Horsehead Crossing Living History Event. The winners of the Chuck Wagon Cookoff for the Beans was Beans, 1st Gage Lawson and 2nd George Delgado, winners in the Desserts were 1st Kevin Williams, 2nd Gage Lawson. In the Meat category winning 1st was Gage Lawson and 2nd Kellye Garrett. Winning in the Bread category was 1st Snap Woodward 2nd Gage Lawson. Best Chuck Wagon winners were 1st Mike Cooper and 2nd Kevin Williams.

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Bob Baker dropped by the Pioneer last week, stopping by after a class reunion at the University of Texas El Paso. Baker did a walk through the offices, scrutinized the layout and reminisced about his days as an editor back in the mid-1960s. He told of how three high school girls used to come in after school and type up the newspaper stories on old typewriters. He took a slow, nostalgic tour of the production area and the old darkroom that still smells of chemicals to this day.

Fort Stockton Community Theatre reminds everyone that tickets are available for the Tenors Un Limited concert on Monday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30). Chevron, the Human Energy Company, is sponsoring the concert and the reception to Meet-and-Greet the Tenors on Sunday evening, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at FMH. Tickets may be purchased online at fscommunitytheatre.org with a credit card. Tickets at the door must be cash OR check. Seating is not limited, as the venue for the concert will be Northside Church at 1600 North Gillis.

YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail shawn.yorks@fortstocktonpioneer. com.

The Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State University in Alpine will open a new exhibit of photographs by Graciela Iturbide on Saturday, Nov. 18. The exhibit is on loan from The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University and will include 58 black and white photographs.

By KARA GERBERT Alpine Avalanche One of the many standards of the Thanksgiving table for most people is sweet potatoes. Most commonly they are cooked and mashed and then baked in a casserole dish and mixed with warm, seasonal spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg, and then topped with brown sugar, marshmallows, and occasionally pecans.

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