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Ranger man to be awarded at Lincoln Heritage Festival
HAMLIN — The Lincoln County Genealogical Society has announced that it will award the Fred B. Lambert Award for Historic Preservation to Harold “Hal” Smith of Ranger on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Lincoln Heritage Festival held at Lincoln County High School in Hamlin.
Smith’s newest book, “Civil War Veterans of Lincoln County,” will be available for sale at the Heritage Festival.
Smith’s contributions to historic preservation of the area include several articles in “The History of Lincoln County” and the writing and publishing of a quarterly community newsletter, The Ranger Ripples.
Smith also has collected and recorded information about local cemeteries in Ranger and nearby communities.
The award will be presented at 3 p.m. at the Lincoln Heritage Festival. Smith will also speak about the county’s civil war veterans.
