21 Historian Steven Baird on Wunderlich Farm and Our Early Local History

We discuss:
-Steven's background
-Interesting stories from Steven's archeology studies
-Wunderlich Farms and the Klein Historical Foundation: their history, what they are, and what they do
-Early history of our area: Native Americans and early European settlers


About Steven: Graduated from Texas Tech University in 1997 with a BA in Anthropology. After working as an archaeologist for a few years, I went back and got my Masters in Archaeology and Heritage Management from the University of Leicester. Steve worked as an archaeologist for many various firms across the state of Texas and eventually decided to hang up his trowel in order to stay home with his growing family. He went back and got his teacher certification and started teaching 4th grade for Klein Independent School District. With his passion for history he received the Texas History Teacher (4th grade) of the year in 2011 presented by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT). After 8 years in the classroom he was presented with the opportunity to take over the program at the Klein, Texas Museum/Wunderlich Farm as the Living History Educator and Director of the Klein Historical Foundation. He has been running that program for 8 years. Steve lives in Klein, TX with his wife Kasie. He has 2 sons attending Texas Tech, one son attending Klein High School and two daughters ages 5 and 2.


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1. [e-mail]
2. http://www.goldams.com
3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/
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Show Notes.
1. Wunderlich Farm: https://www.kleinhistorical.org

2. "Wunderlich Farms" by Matt Stephens (Community Impact Newspaper, Apr 8, 2014): https://communityimpact.com/news/2014/04/08/wunderlich-farms-2/

3. "Steve Baird" by Julie Butterfield (Community Impact Newspaper, Aug 10, 2016): https://communityimpact.com/houston/spring-klein/features/2016/08/10/steve-baird/

4. "History lives on at the Wunderlich Farm in Klein" by Vagney Bradley (Houston Chronicle (Champions-Klein), Oct. 10, 2016): https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/champions-klein/schools/article/History-lives-on-at-the-Wunderlich-Farm-in-Klein-9960935.php

5. "Wunderlich Farms offers peek at Klein's history" by Judi Griggs (Houston Chronicle (Spring Observer ), Feb. 12, 2015): https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring/news/article/Wunderlich-Farms-offers-peek-at-Klein-s-history-6077907.php

6. The Red River War
a. https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/redriver/
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_War
c. https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=RE010
d. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/red-river-war

7. Lyman's Wagon Train Battle
a. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=153580
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lyman%27s_Wagon_Train
c. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lymans-wagontrain]

8. Cabeza de Vaca
a. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cabeza-de-vaca-lvar-nunez
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Álvar_Núñez_Cabeza_de_Vaca
c. "In Se