News 88.7 in partnership with Humanities Texas launches Texas Originals — a new weekly radio segment profiling individuals whose lives and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.
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Texas Originals: Winifred Sanford
Portrait of Winifred Sanford. Image courtesy of The Wittliff Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University, San Marcos. WINIFRED SANFORD (March 16, 1890–March 24, 1983) In the 1920s, writer Winifred Sanford’s stories of the Texas oil boom captured the anxieties of a state on the verge of modernization. Born in Minnesota, Sanford moved to Wichita Falls in 1920, as her husband sought his fortune in the new oilfields of North Texas. At first, Sanford found the... Read More