• Achieved designation of  The Steamboat Wharf as a Texas Archaeological Landmark.
• Maintained, beautified, and lighted Stern Fountain.
• Acquired space and created Thomas Jefferson Park.
• Purchased and restored the Confederate Powder Magazine and arranged its listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
• Obtained a portion of the Robert and Harriet Potter Historical Site to assure its preservation.
• Commissioned Jacques Bagur, a professional researcher, to write a history of Jefferson's Golden Era (1841-1874).
• Employed the University of Houston's Center for Historic Architecture to survey Jefferson's Historic Structures.
• Worked with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to locate and excavate the original sites of early Steamboat Wharves.
• Arranged field trips from the University of Houston and Texas A & M University to evaluate structures to be included in the Historic American Building Survey.
• Co-sponsored an investigation, which let to the location and identification of the last autonomous Caddo Indian Village.
• Founded the annual Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes®.
• Took over publication and management of The Jeffersonian, Marion County's official tourism publication.
• Continues to financially support historic restoration projects of other organizations.

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