April 3, 2010—August 15, 2010

Trace the history of the Bugbee family from their arrival from England and settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1630s until the death of Olive Vandruff Bugbee in early 2003.  “In pursuit of happiness,” almost every generation of the Bugbee family moved to a new frontier from the 1630s until the 20th century.  The exhibit will include information about the various frontiers to which the Bugbees moved, including the settlement by Thomas Sherman Bugbee (1842-1925) and his family in Hutchinson County in 1876, soon after Charles Goodnight established the first permanent ranching operation in Palo Duro Canyon.