Gentry Dugat

Gentry Dugat's local work shows in two things the plaque does not mention. He designed the official Bee County flag, built on the Texas flag with the year 1858, and his wife made it. In Pettus he was a charter member of Masonic Lodge No. 1308, chartered December 2, 1948, where he framed portraits of the lodge's past masters and hung them in the temple, and he gave the lodge a Currier and Ives painting of George Washington. The county history by Camp Ezell gives his birth as April 25, 1895, near Mineral.

What the plaque says

Gentry Dugat (April 25, 1989 - February 5, 1966) Colorful historian, orator, and journalist. Born on nearby ranch, son of Alex and Martha (Page) Dugat. Earned law degree. Worked on seven Texas newspapers; edited "Cotton Ginners Journal". Wrote biography of post-Civil War editor-orator Henry W. Grady. World War I veteran, Methodist, Mason; member, Sons of American Revolution, Lions. Collected rare books, newspapers, artifacts. In 1958 organized and chaired Bee County Historical Commission. Recorded - 1972

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Choke Canyon State Park — 27 mi
  A reservoir state park on the Frio River in two units, built after a 1982 dam, with birds, alligators and fishing on land people have crossed for more than 10,000 years.

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• Cadiz Baptist Church — 6.3 mi
• Tuleta — 7.9 mi
• Normanna — 8.2 mi
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