Photograph of a crowd surrounding a donkey in a straw hat at the 2012 Western Heritage Day at Hardin-Simmons University. Children can be seen reaching out to pet the donkey.

Alice Specht talking to children about the chuck wagon at the 2012 Western Heritage Day at the Hardin-Simmons University campus in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of three men singing and playing instruments for a crowd of children at Western Heritage Day in 2012. From left to right, the men play guitar, bass, and mandolin (Jim Jones).

Photograph of Hardin-Simmons University student painting the face of a young boy at the 2012 Western Heritage Day. He has two white strips on his left cheek. Many other face painters and children can be seen in the background.

Photograph of Gary Stephenson, wearing suspenders and a cowboy hat, posed holding the halters of two donkeys at the 2012 Western Heritage Day. The donkeys wear straw hats and shirts with ties. A white trailer can be seen in the background.

Photograph of Gary Stephenson working with cast iron pots for the cookout at the 2012 Western Heritage Day. He holds a smaller pot on the hot coals of a larger pot.

Photograph of Jason Fraser speaking about the chuck wagon to a group of children at the 2012 Western Heritage Day.

Photograph of six white horses tied to a trailer at the 2012 Western Heritage Day at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of a young man reading a picture book to a group of children huddled on the grass at the 2012 Western Heritage Day. Potato sacks on a wire fence can be seen behind the man.

Photograph of a group of small school children in matching red t-shirts huddled around the White Horses at the 2012 Western Heritage Day. Debra Jones, wearing a purple shirt and cowboy hat, can be seen holding the harness of one of the horses.

Photograph of two young men waiting for their flour tortillas to warm up on cast iron skillets at the 2011 Western Heritage Day. Others in the background can be seen scooping up eggs and sausage into their tortillas to make breakfast burritos.

Photograph of young students in matching black tee shirts sitting under a brush arbor at Western Heritage Day in 2011. Ferguson Hall can be seen in the background.

Photograph of children participating in the “Chicken Dance” at the 2011 Western Heritage Day celebration at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. The group of dancers are circled around a young woman in a striped tank top who is leading the dance. Richardson Library can be seen in the background.

Photograph of a group of children eating beans and biscuits out of small cups under the shade of a tree at the 2011 Western Heritage Day. A green and red chuck wagon can be seen in the background.

Photograph of children in red t-shirts dancing in a patch of grass at the 2011 Western Heritage Day. A line of children and adults are shown waiting for a performance on stage. Larry Fink can be seen with a camera in the background.

Photograph of children practicing their lassoing skills at the 2011 Western Heritage Day. The children attempt to rope imitation steer heads attached to hay squares.

Jacob Brewer telling about the chuck wagon at the 2011 Western Heritage Day. Children wearing matching Day Nursery of Abilene T-shirts stand behind a piece of yellow string, watching Brewer as he speaks.

Photograph of Gary Fraser and Aaron Moncla, wearing red kitchen aprons and cowboy hats, taking a break from chuck wagon cooking at the 2011 Western Heritage Day. The chuck wagon work table can be seen in the background.

Photograph of Gary Stephenson, Gary Fraser, and Aaron Moncla standing in front of the fire pit at the 2011 Western Heritage Day.

Photograph of Hardin-Simmons University students painting the faces of young children at the 2011 Western Heritage Day.

Photograph of Gary Stephenson serving Blue Garcia a chuck wagon-style breakfast taco out of a cast iron pan at the 2011 Western Heritage Day. A recreation chuck wagon can be seen in the background.

Group photograph of the Richardson Library faculty and staff, showing 17 people standing in rows on a set of stairs in the library. They have been identified as: Elizabeth Norman Worley, Alice Specht, Lupe Pietzhe, Terry Minami, Misty, Ellen Simmons, Teresa Ellis, Ann Wheless, Bobbie Van Huss, Leta Tillman, Blue Garcia, Rey Ledezma, Shannon Collins Maynard, Belinda Norvell, Jeremy Maynard, Gary Stephenson, Murl Sickbert.

Photograph of a man in a cowboy hat sheering a sheep at the 2011 Western Heritage Day at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. A group of children in green t-shirts gather around the platform to which the sheep is tethered to watch the man. A wooden arch bridge is visible in the background.

Photograph of a group of young children sitting on a green blanket in the grass to watch an outside play performance at the 2011 Western Heritage Day.