Pattison Area Heritage Society

Next Guest Speaker - August 29, 2011

Hard Times:  A Pattison Preacher in the Great Depression

We are very pleased to announce our August 2011 PAHS speaker, William "Bill" Carson Hardt. He has a wonderful presentation about the circuit preacher from the 1930's who maintained the congregations of the Fulshear, Brookshire and Pattison Methodist Churches. He is a published author on Texas history and currently volunteers with numerous historical affiliates: President - Texas United Methodist Historical Society, Chair - Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History, Vice-Chair - Austin County Historical Commission and Tour Guide Bellville Historical Society.

Bill's Texas Methodist History Blog

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker : Bill Hardt
Date: Monday Evening - August 29 , 2011
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Please share this meeting information and invite anyone you know that would like to hear about this exciting topic of Texas History pertinent to this community's local area heritage.

Also, check out these photographs that Bill Hardt has shared with the PAHS.

Brookshire Church as it was in the 1930s.

 

Below are also images (interior and exterior) of the Northern German church at Pattison while it was still at Phillipsburg (the building was moved from Phillipsburg to Pattison some time after the Phillipsburg church closed in 1918)  The building was later moved from Pattison and is still in use by the Harper UMC in Monaville.

Guest Speaker Night - April 25, 2011

The PAHS monday night meeting, April 25, 2011 will feature Sam Wilson and the Waller County Sheriff's Mounted Posse.

As a 18 yr. old young man, Sam coached a group of grown men into performing horsemen. They performed at various local events and also at the Houston Fat Stock show that was held in the Houston Colosseum.

Sam is also one of the half dozen men that rode on the very first Salt Grass Trail Ride, along with James B. Pattison.

So you are invited to come listen to Sam Wilson talk about the Mounted Posse and the Salt Grass Trail. We will be showing a recently discovered 16mm footage film from 1955 that contains scenes from the Salt Grass Trail riding in Hempstead, Texas and the Waller County Mounted Posse performing at the Fat Stock Show. If you are anyway associated or know someone who was in one or both of these groups, please come out and help identify people within this film's footage.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker : Sam Wilson
Date: Monday Evening -  FApril 25th , 2011
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

 

Next Guest Night - January 31, 2011

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, Jan. 31st at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker: Betty Robinson -- VERY interesting woman who grew up in San Felipe, Tx.
Date: Monday Evening -  Jan. 31st, 2011
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Next Guest Night - Monday, June 28, 2010

Our June meeting will host a colorful character, Corrie Pattison Tatum. Corrie grew up in Pattison and married when she was 18-1/2. She and her husband, John, were stationed all over the country. Then moved back to Houston and raised their family there. A few years ago, they moved back "home". Since Corrie has never been a person to hold something back, expect some good stories.

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, June 28th at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker: Mrs. Corrie Pattison Tatum
Date: Monday Evening -  June 28th, 2010
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Excerpt from the evening with Mrs. Dorothy Griffin

Dorothy Griffin from Sandy Buller on Vimeo.

Guest Speaker - Mrs. Dorothy Griffin

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, Feb. 22nd at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker: Mrs. Dorothy Griffin
Date: Monday Evening -  Feb. 22nd, 2009
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Next Guest Night - August 31, 2009

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, August 31st at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Date: Monday Evening - August 31st, 2009
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Next Guest Night - Monday, June 29, 2009

The April 27th PAHS guest speaker evening event that was canceled/postponed because of the torrential downpour rain which occurred on that night, this June 29th Guest Night Event is going to be the "Do-Over".

Have you ever heard of Adams Flat Road? Sure, everybody has heard of it, it is north of Pattison. Do you know why it is named Adams Flat? Most roads or communities are named for families that lived there. The Adams family will be the topic of our meeting in June. The Reverend Herb Stallknecht's mother was an Adams. He has lots of pictures that will be projected onto the wall while telling stories about the family.

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, June 29th at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Date: Monday Evening - June 29th, 2009
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Complete Interview - Bennie Philipp

This video clip (recorded in HDV) is a complete guest interview from the November 24, 2008 Pattison Area Heritage Society monthly meeting. Let us know how you enjoyed seeing the whole interview via on-line, specially for those who don't get to attend the meetings.