Publication: Pastimes, Vol. 34
Author: Scott Brosowske
Date of Publication: October 2014
PDF File: PASTIMES_-October_-2014.pdf
URL: http://www.dirtbrothers.org/pas/newsletter/PASTIMES_%20October_%202014.pdf
Description
William Horace Rivers was born on April 21, 1915 in Snyder, Texas. Five years later his family moved to the Canadian, Texas area in 1920. It was at this time he developed a strong interest in the native peoples of the Texas panhandle and began documenting archaeological sites of the area. Horace, as he was better known, passed away at the age of 88 in November, 2003. In over sixty years he documented 130 archaeological sites primarily in Hemphill, Roberts, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, and Wheeler Counties, but he also collected at Palo Duro Canyon, Arrowhead Peak near Vega, Saddleback Ruin near Boy’s Ranch, and elsewhere.