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Extended Education Course: Fort Worth Parks and Open Spaces

April 25 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Our annual spring Extended Education course with local historian and Tarrant County Probate Judge Quentin McGown! The class will explore the history and development of Fort Worth’s world-class park system as well as citizen efforts to preserve and protect urban greenspaces leading to the City’s new Open Space Conservation Program. A two-hour interactive lecture on Thursday evening will precede a Saturday (4/27) six-hour bus tour from 9am – 3pm, with included picnic lunch, and stops at both familiar and lesser known parks and natural areas.

Quentin McGown is a sixth generation Texan and fourth generation Fort Worthian with a lifelong interest in history.  In addition to practicing law, he is a planning committee member for the annual Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering and a board member of both the Tarrant County Historical Society and the Outriders, the support organization for the Fort Worth Herd.

Class: Thursday, April 25th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Bus Tour: Saturday, April 27th, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Cost: $115.00

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Details

Date:
April 25
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm