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In fact, the Rather home is now a part of the Wharton County Historical Museum down the road from the Teepee Motel. Opened in 1979, the local museum contains a wide range of interesting artifacts.

So we learn in a letter from Foote preserved at the Wharton County Historical Museum at 3615 N. Richmond Road, the main drag through Wharton, also known as business U.S. 59, an hour southwest of ...

Precinct 2 senior leaders visit historic Wharton. April 16, 2003 ...

Nestled along the Colorado River and an easy hour away from Houston (make that two if you're coming from Austin), Wharton seems like a pretty typical small Texas town. It has a quaint, historic dow… ...