Free Speaker at Smithsonian in San Augustine: “Rip” Ford

FRIDAY SEPT 6, 3 PM AT THE AUGUS THEATER WITH THE SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT. FREE.
BILL O’NEAL SPEAKING ABOUT “RIP” FORD, TEXIAN HERO.
Rip was a practicing doctor in San Augustine for eight years around 1840. He was also a lawyer, a Confederate Colonel, member of the Texas Congress and Senate, journalist and newspaper owner. The speaker, Bill O’Neal, is an award-winning author and has written more than 50 books. He has been Texas State Historian, past president of the East Texas Historical Association and the West Texas Historical Association, and the Texas State Historical Association.