2005 Cross Plains Firestorm Photos Now Online
By: Michelle Kaiser, Cross Plains
Updated: August 1, 2012
*Photo courtesy of Childers,
Shayne. Hwy 36 West of Cross Plains appx. 3.5 miles,
Photograph, December 27,
2005*
The Cross Plains Public Library is pleased to announce that
the scrapbook and photos of the 2005 firstorm are now available
online. After six months of scanning and identifying over 400 photos,
historian Ann Beeler has completed much of the work, but she is asking for your
help to identify the remaining people and places in the pictures. You can
view the photos and scrapbook at http://texashistory.unt.edu/search/. Then, enter "Cross
Plains Firestorm" in the search box. If you are able to
provide more information, contact Ann Beeler (annbeeler17@gmail.com).
Our thanks to the Burdine Johnson Foundation of Buda, TX for underwriting this
project, and to our library partners who were instrumental in its success: Don
Tabor and The Cross Plains Review, Tara Carlisle and the University of North
Texas "Portal to Texas History," Bettie Cavanaugh for compiling the
scrapbook and Frances Thornton for the many photographs she supplied. We
are grateful to have this important piece of our town's history preserved and
available to everyone.
