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Bio's
Richard Cook
Richard is fourth generation Texan and a native Houstonian. He is a Certified Professional Tour Guide and is the Immediate Past President of the Professional Tour Guide Association of Houston. He operates a tour business, TexanaTours, in Houston and specializes in a basic discovery tour of Houston, revealing both old and modern aspects of the city. Richard graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a degree in Political Science. Richard is considered by many as a true expert on Texas History. His passion for Texas and Texas History goes beyond the academic. Richard can relate the “Texas Mystique” to all, explaining its origin, popularity and most of all, how it is changing with today’s political climate. Richard is a well known Texas History aficionado and specializes in Texas history tours. He can take you to all important Texas history sites and show you right where it happened. He can tell the story so good that you will feel like you were there when it happened.. He also specializes in Texas oil history. He is one of the few tour guides that can take you into the oil field and show the spots of the discovery wells that made Texas the oil center of the universe. Richard was recently featured at the David Dike Fine Art Gallery's "An Auction of Texas Art" in Dallas. As a guest speaker, Richard's presentation of "SpindleTop & Patillo Higgins: For the want of a good Brick" gave an in-depth glimpse into the history of Texas Oil. |
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