Traveling Lonesome Dove photography exhibit rides into Freeport

By ALEXA CRENSHAW alexa.crenshaw@thefacts.com
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Jan 6, 2021
Jan 6, 2021 Updated Jan 7, 2021
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Freeport Museum Coordinator Wade Dillon walks through the “Lonesome Dove” exhibit being featured through Jan. 30 at the Freeport HIstorical Museum and Visitor.

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The Lonesome Dove Exhibit opens soon at the Freeport Museum and Visitor Center. The exhibit features photos taken by Bill Wittliff from the 1989 television miniseries that follows a group of Texas Rangers as they herd cattle from South Texas to Montana.

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Freeport Museum Coordinator Wade Dillon walks through the Freeport Museum and Visitor Center on Dec. 30. Dillon coordinated the new Lonesome Dove exhibit that opens in the new year.

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Freeport Museum Coordinator Wade Dillon stands in front of one of the many historical artifacts at the Freeport Museum and Visitor Center on Dec. 30.

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Riders cross the Rio Grande in a photo from Bill Wittliff’s “Lonesome Dove” collection, some of which is featured in a traveling exhibit now showing at the Freeport Historical Museum.

Gus and Call cross the mesa in a photo from Bill Wittliff’s “Lonesome Dove” collection, some of which is featured in a traveling exhibit now showing at the Freeport Historical Museum.

“Stolen Horses” is part of Bill Wittliff’s “Lonesome Dove” collection, some of which is featured in a traveling exhibit now showing at the Freeport Historical Museum.

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Local residents can enjoy a mix of pop culture and art at the “Lonesome Dove” photography exhibit, which is being featured through the end of the month at the Freeport Historical Museum.