Tracing the story of how the industry developed in the American South takes us to the expansion of commercial logging and the closing of the frontier, the USDA Forest Service that in large part was developed to conserve forests out of economic concerns, and the pseudo-science of race and the African American labor that was used to treat railroad ties. An opening reception will take place Friday, November 4th from 6:30-9:00pm, accompanied by a reading and conversation with author Kathryn Savage and Houston-based writer and artist Willow Curry from 7-8pm.Ĭreosote Stories invites visitors to explore the legacy and future of the creosote plume in Northeast Houston through the different narratives that made the wood-preserving industry possible. The Houston Climate Justice Museum & Cultural Center presents “ Creosote Stories: Seeding Planthroposcenes in Northeast Houston,” at the Rice University Solar Studios.
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