New museum displays are only one feature of Rendezvous
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ANNUAL EVENT SLATED FOR JUNE 6 IN QUITAQUE
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A NEW EXHIBIT of trade goods has been set up at the ComancheroCanyonsMuseum in memory of Choise Smith and family. On display are brass trade bracelets, horse gear, trade beads from Europe, hair pipe beads, conchas, and naja, a piece of metal similar to a half moon shape, which guards against the evil eye. Learn more via an in-person visit to the museum, open Saturdays year round from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | COURTESY PHOTOS
On Saturday, June 6, the Comanchero Canyons Museum will feature new museum displays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but that’s just the beginning. Todd Smith will give his firsthand account on documenting the first battle of the Red River War at 1:30 that afternoon. Readers of Sam Gwinn’s “Empire of the Summer Moon” will find his account especially interesting.
