Local historian Howard Blatch Howard’s will present a free program 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Jefferson Historical Society & Museum.
Blatch’s“Forgotten American History (and A Real Life “Indiana Jones” Adventure)” perhaps should be considered “Unknown American History”.
Who has ever heard of Welsh settlers being in the Kentucky area 300 years before Christopher Columbus “discovered America?”
Now that’s real early American History!
Blatch will relate the adventure of discovering the longest, most intact stone wall fortification built by those Welshmen in the 12th Century.
An unbelievable tale of adventure that revealed a startling and little-known bit of history.
Blatch grew up in Houston and graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1969 with a bachelor’s Degree in Commercial Art and minor in Photography.
He and his wife Linda have lived in Jefferson for over six years in the historic Governor’s House on Walnut Street.
After college, Howard worked at NASA during the time of the first moon landing. Soon afterwards, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and was deployed to Korea.
After he was discharged, he then worked as a commercial artist. Following that, Howard worked as a plumbing designer, then returned to NASA where he worked on the first computer drafting system and worked with the Astronauts.
Later, he was employed as a piping designer, technical illustrator, truck driver, and postman.
Howard’s hobbies include stained glass design and building, home remodeling, woodworking, woodcarving, painting, gardening, and engraving knives and guns. He also assists at the Museum as an operator for the model railroad.
The museum is located at 223 West Austin Street, Jefferson, TX 75657.
For more information, visit www.jeffersonmuseum.com or call 903-665-2775.