Join the Museum in honoring the former operators of Tower 17. The event takes place on Sunday, October 13th from 4-7pm on the Museum grounds, 1921 Avenue F in downtown Rosenberg. Garden party attendees are invited to mix and mingle with other supporters of the Museum, enjoy light bites and a wine tasting, participate in a live auction and wine pull and help the museum celebrate railroading history in Fort Bend County.
According to museum Executive Director, Tracy Hobdy, “the Museum’s Garden Party is a favorite event because of its casual atmosphere. Guests are able to mingle and enjoy museum exhibits, rather than just sitting at a banquet table.”
Musicians Will Carter and Kirk Roberts will be performing at the event and Ol’ Railroad Café will be proving unique wines for a wine tasting. Other area favorites, BR Vino and Another Time Soda Fountain will be providing wine, beer and appetizers.
Tower 17 was authorized by the Texas Railroad Commission on July 23, 1903, and controlled the crossing of the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad (Santa Fe) and the Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company (Southern Pacific). The Tower was in service until February 10, 2004. After over 100 years of service, the Tower now sits on the Rosenberg Railroad Museum grounds. “We are honored to have some of the men and women that worked in Tower 17 joining us for this year’s Garden Party,” said Hobdy. “It’s wonderful to hear directly from the folks that were a part of the Tower’s history!”
The Rosenberg Railroad Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and education of railroading history in Fort Bend County. Tickets for this fundraiser begin at $50 per person and are available at www.rosenbergRRmuseum.org or by calling 281-633-2846.