Bill Wittliff
The Southlake Historical Society's newest exhibit is coming to town hall.
With more than 50 photographs taken by screenwriter Bill Wittliff, “Lonesome Dove: The Miniseries” captures the behind-the-scenes production of the 1989 miniseries “Lonesome Dove.” Southlake Historical Society president Connie Cooley says “Lonesome Dove” was selected as this year’s theme due to author Larry McMurtry’s inspiration for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
“In an interview, he tells about coming back from a restaurant north of Fort Worth one day and seeing a church bus that had ‘Lonesome Dove Baptist Church’ written on it,” Connie says. “That same church established in now-Southlake in 1846 still occupies the property on Lonesome Dove Road.”
The exhibit will open Saturday, July 8 and will run through until August 19, with a reception scheduled for 4-6 p.m. on Sunday, July 23. For more information, visit SouthlakeHistory.org.