This website will be unavailable from Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, June 3, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

                                                                                

79R15537 MAM-D

By:  Craddick                                                   H.C.R. No. 164



CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Don Hedgpeth of Medina is the recipient of the 2004 
Wrangler Award for Outstanding Art Book from the National Cowboy &
Western Heritage Museum; and
	WHEREAS, The Wrangler Award, a bronze sculpture of a cowboy 
astride his horse, recognizes achievement in 12 categories of 
music, film, television, and literature in the Western genre; 
literary categories include Western novel, art book, juvenile book, 
poetry collection, nonfiction, photography, and magazine article; 
and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Hedgpeth was honored for his book, Joe Beeler: 
Life of a Cowboy Artist, which chronicles its subject's 
determination to make art his life's work and livelihood; the text 
includes 125 large photographs of Beeler's sculpture, painting, and 
drawings; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Seagraves in 1942, Mr. Hedgpeth has lived in 
Medina since 1998; he has worked for numerous Western periodicals 
and contributed to or written 15 books, including Spurs Were 
a-Jinglin', a history of the Pitchfork Ranch in Wyoming, The Texas 
Breed, an anthology of cowboy stories, and They Rode Good Horses, a 
50-year history of the American Quarter Horse Association; and
	WHEREAS, Continuing to mine the lands of Texas for rich 
stories of our state's heritage, Don Hedgpeth creates exceptional 
tributes to cowboy culture, and it is a privilege to join the museum 
in honoring his literary accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 79th Legislature of the State of Texas 
hereby congratulate Don Hedgpeth on receiving the 2004 Wrangler 
Award for Outstanding Art Book from the National Cowboy & Western 
Heritage Museum and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued 
success and achievement; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. Hedgpeth as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives and Senate.