October 2022 Newsletter
Hunter’s Corner
Frontier Times Magazine
January, 1939
Volume 16--No. 4
Located on Delightful Hill, one block north of the country court house, in the pretty little town of Bandera, Texs, Frontier Times Museum is a mecca for all visitors---hundreds of them---during all seasons of the year. Bandera is just forty-eight miles northwest of San Antonio to Bandera---a steady climb up into blue hills all the way--really a drive you will enjoy if you love beautiful mountain scenery and mild climatic conditions.
Annual Fundraising Gala
YOU ARE INVITED!
We hope to see you at our Funky Fab Seventies Gala.
Call 830-796-3864 to reserve your seat today.
Join us this year for the museum’s annual Fall Gala on Friday, October28th at the Farm Country Club at 475 Pue Road. Dig out those old platform shoes and bellbottoms and come dance the night away in the Groovin’ 70s to the band MishMash. The Gala features a live and silent auction and an open bar with a tasting stations catered by Black Tie Affair of San Antonio. There are plenty of great Live Auction items to bid on, including international trips and destinations throughout the United States. Tickets for the Gala are $85 each and tables of 8 are available. Looking for a business sponsorship to market your business? We have table sponsor opportunities for $1,000 for tables of 8. Sponsors will be recognized throughout the event and in the Gala program. Tickets can be purchased at the museum. The Gala serves as the museum’s largest fundraiser with proceeds helping to support the museum’s educational mission. So put on your coolest duds and Get Down! at this year’s Fall Gala.
Dia de los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos Celebration at the Museum
Halloween is not the only day of the year spirits return to visit the living. In South Texas, Mexico, and parts of Central America, on Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, altars are created to welcome spirits of passed love ones back to earth. The Day of the Dead traces its earliest roots to the Aztec people of central Mexico. On special days throughout the year, the Aztecs placed skulls in their temples to honor their dead. Once the Spanish conquered the Aztec empire in the 16th century, the Catholic Church moved these celebrations to the Catholic holidays of All Saints Day and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2. The holiday combines indigenous traditions and symbols, such as the use of skulls, with the Chrisitan belief of an afterlife.
The centerpiece of the Mexican celebration is an altar, or ofrenda, built in private homes and cemeteries to welcome spirits back to the realm of the living. Alter offerings include favorite foods such as tamales, and treats the departed loved ones enjoyed in life such as pastries, alcohol and cigarettes. Other items that might adorn an alter are family photos and a candle for each dead relative, as well as pictures of saints, particularly the Blessed Virgin Mary and Our Lady of Guadalupe. Small toys and candy are placed for the spirits of children. Marigolds and marigold petals are traditionally used because their scent is believed to guide the wandering souls back home. Water is placed on the altar to quench the thirst of the departed after a long journey and salt which stops the souls of the dead from being corrupted by earthly temptations. The offerings are to keep the spirits happy so they will in turn provide protection, good luck and wisdom to their families.
Texas artist, Joan Estes, will create an elaborate Dia de los Muertes altar exclusively for the Frontier Times Museum. Estes will also install a series of original artwork that depict the calaca, or skeletons, in various poses and costumes. In addition to Estes’ altar, the museum staff will create a community altar where everyone is invited to bring a personal offering, such as a photograph, favorite food, or token of a loved one who has died. Estes’ artwork and the two altars will be on display in the museum’s Doane Western Art gallery from October 11th through November 5th. Your ofrenda may be brought by the museum anytime during these dates.
To celebrate this unique holiday, the museum will host a Family Activity Day on Saturday, October 22nd from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm with children’s activities along with Mexican cookies and aqua frescas. Come visit and celebrate those who have gone before us in a shared space that will offer healing, comfort and reflection.
Jamboree
October 23rd
Museum Supporters
Thank you to our supporters
September 2022
Members New
John Janaky
Members Renew
Kathy Keaton
Donations
Chuck Lutke
Capital Campaign Donations
Boyles Bandera Hardware
Bandera Wine & Spirits
Memorial Donations
Bill and Judith Pannebaker in memory of Jane Graham
Judy Cloud in memory of Jane Graham
Charlie and John Halliburton in memory of Jane Donnell Graham
Carol Corley Nelson in memory of Jane Donnell Graham
Maggy Coleman in loving memory of her sweet Aunt Jane Graham
Mary Fisher in memory of Jane Graham
James Duff and the Class of 1957 in honor of Ada Wharton
Volunteers
Holly Boyle
Elizabeth Griffith
Tessa Kolodny
Toni Kunz
Logan Miles
Jennifer Nimmrichter
Eddie Rowe
John Schuetze
Roger Wolfe
Lanie Wood-Intern
Volunteers-Jamboree Musicians
Lew Pewterbaugh
Paul Hilliard
David Le Steourgeon
Lee Harmon
Lee Haile
Homer Whisenant
Lee & Buster Carr
Bob DeGeorge
Dennis Owen
Become a member today!
Mail your check to Frontier Times Museum
P.O.Box 1918 Bandera, TX 78003
Individual: $25
Family & Friends: $50
Sustaining: $100
Business: $100
Patron: $250
Hunter's Museum Circle: $500
