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Howard George Lacey
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Description
Born in England and educated at Caius College, Cambridge, Lacey emigrated to Texas in 1882. He established a ranch along Turtle Creek, southwest of Kerrville, where he lived for close to 40 years. While managing angora goats, cattle, and horses there, Lacey systematically surveyed, collected and documented the flora and fauna of the Edwards Plateau, reporting 202 local bird species in a 1911 Auk article. In his research, he collaborated with the British Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institute, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Recalling the near extermination of wildlife in Great Britain, he advocated for strict game laws in his adopted state. Lacey’s contributions are honored by the naming of the Lacey oak, as well as subspecies of the white-ankled, brush and harvest mice. Lacey’s specimens and field notes (please see the Kendall article mentioned below) are now held by the Witte Museum in San Antonio.
Location Notes
A marker in honor of Lacey could be placed in Peterson Plaza, in front of Kerrville’s City Hall, near a Lacey Oak planted there.
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Bibliography
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Kerr County Historical Commission, Kerr County Album. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company 1986. p.302.