Cows, Corsets, Cats, and Kilts as a Ranching Historian
with Dr. David Murrah, Ph. D.
March 8th, 2025 | 2 PM - 3:30 PM
204 S Austin Street in Rockport, Texas.
FREE for Members, $50 for Nonmembers.
Lecture Overview:
In his presentation, Dr. Murrah will present an overview of his 55-year career as a Texas historian, museum consultant and author or editor of more than 50 publications, including 12 books, including the histories of four major ranches in West Texas. The current Texas State Historian, Dr. Monte Monroe, recently described Murrah as “the preeminent ranching scholar of his time.”
About the Lecturer:
Dr. David J. Murrah is a Texas historian who lives in Rockport and serves as a museum and archival consultant.
Dr. Murrah worked for Texas Tech University in Lubbock for 25 years as archivist and director of its Southwest Collection, and then became general project manager and vice president of Southwest Museum Services in Houston. He semi-retired in 2002.
As a historian, Dr. Murrah has written or edited eleven books related to Texas history as well as more than fifty other publications. With the release of his book, The Rise and Fall of the Lazy S Ranch, in 2021, he now has publications by the four major university presses in the Southwest: the University of Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Texas A&M presses. His twelfth book, a ghost-written autobiography of a prominent Texas banker, will be published in 2025.
He has recently completed researching and writing exhibit content for the Cattle Raisers Museum in Fort Worth and for the Matador Land and Cattle Company’s headquarters near Matador, Texas. He is currently producing exhibit text for a new museum at South Padre Island.
He is the immediate past president of the Aransas County Historical Society and continues to serve as a Trustee and Newsletter Editor. He and his wife Ann have four children, nine grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren and they recently celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary.
Saturday, March 8th, 2025 | 2PM-3:30PM
FREE for Members | $50 Non-Members