Peters Colony Historical Society has worked since 1971 to preserve the history of the Peters Colony settlers of Dallas County and the surrounding area. Each meeting features a guest speaker.

This Month's Topic: The Dallas Fair

Robert J. (Jack) Duncan, a life member of the Texas State Historical Association, will be speaking about the Dallas Fair. He is also a former president and life member of the Texas Folklore Society, a former sheriff (president) of the Dallas Corral of Westerners International, and a member of the East Texas Historical Association. He has been nominated and elected as a Fellow of the TFS and will be inducted at the 2024 annual meeting in March in San Antonio.

Jack has taught at Collin College and Grayson County College. His articles have been widely published in both popular and scholarly periodicals. He has written articles for several regional newspapers and magazines, and about three dozen bios for the Handbook of Texas. This includes pieces around sculptor Luis Jimenez, child actor "Spanky" McFarland, journalist Bill Porterfield, book illustrator Jose Cisneros, and writer Larry McMurtry. His article "Bottom Dollar”, published in Reader's Digest, was later reprinted in a Reader's Digest book called Doorways of Faith and in the book Chicken Soup for the Country Soul.

Peters Colony Historical Society website