West Texas Trails Association

What West Texas Trails Association does

West Texas Trails Association is a Texas-based non-profit association that operates as a forum for the recognition, discussion, and study of the diverse historical trails crossing West Texas and connecting to surrounding areas. It serves individual history enthusiasts, researchers, scholars, and groups interested in how these trails influenced the economy, societies, and settlement patterns of West Texas and the broader Southwestern United States. The association's stated geographic remit encompasses Texas west of Interstate Highway 35E and adjacent Southwestern regions sharing the same trail systems.

The organization's core offering is an annual membership program priced at $30 per person, which grants access to its research and discussion forum. Revenue is supplemented by event-based fees from an annual conference: $20 for Saturday conference registration (free for local first-time attendees), $30 for a Friday historical-site tour covering locations such as the 1832 Railroad Depot, Old Post Office Art Museum, and Fort Richardson, and $25 for a Friday evening reception. The association does not operate a technology platform — its digital presence is limited to an informational website (westtexastrails.com), a mail-in membership enrollment process, and direct email contact via [email protected]. Annual conferences are held at rotating West Texas locations (Quanah, TX in 2018; Graham, TX in 2019), functioning as the primary engagement and community-building mechanism.

The association is governed entirely by volunteer officers and a board, with no paid headcount disclosed. Leadership comprises Executive Director/Treasurer Robert Hall, President Bob Saul, Vice President Pam Hill, Secretary Carol Campbell, and Program Chair Marisue Potts, supported by four board members (Drew Bullard, Jim Crownover, Ada Lester, Linda Pelon). There is no indication of external investors, grants, corporate sponsorships, or earned income beyond membership dues and conference fees. The organization has no patents, trademarks, certifications, partnerships, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or regulatory actions on record, and no API, mobile application, or third-party integrations are disclosed.

Name

West Texas Trails Association

Legal name

West Texas Trails Association

Website

https://westtexastrails.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

West Texas Trails Association is a Texas non-profit that serves as a forum for researching and discussing historical trails crossing West Texas, offering $30 annual memberships plus an annual conference, tours, and reception for history enthusiasts and scholars.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Quitaque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership Dues: Annual membership in the West Texas Trails Association is $30 per person. Members receive access to the association's forum for discussing and studying historical West Texas trails.
2. Conference and Event Fees: The association generates revenue through annual conference registrations ($20 per person), tour fees ($30 per person), and reception fees ($25 per person). First-time local attendees receive free admission to the conference.

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Core offering

West Texas Trails Association is a non-profit association that provides a forum for the recognition, discussion, and study of historic trails crossing West Texas. It offers annual memberships ($30/person) granting access to its scholarly community, and hosts annual conferences featuring presentations, historical site tours, and reception events for trail researchers, scholars, and history enthusiasts.

Product overview

West Texas Trails Association offers a single unified product centered on its annual membership program. The core offering is access to the association's forum for recognizing, discussing, and studying historical trails across West Texas. Associated products include annual conferences (the 2018 meeting in Quanah, TX and 2019 meeting in Graham, TX), historical site tours conducted during these conferences, and reception events at historical venues. All offerings are non-profit educational services focused on trail history and scholarship.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Membership Annual membership in the West Texas Trails Association, priced at $30 per person, providing access to the association's forum for discussing and studying historical West Texas trails. Payable by check to the association's P.O. Box in Pittsburg, TX.
• Annual Conference Annual two-day conference featuring presentations on historic West Texas trails, held at rotating West Texas venues (e.g., 2019 at North Central Texas College in Graham, TX; 2018 in Quanah, TX). Registration is $20 per person; first-time local attendees attend free.
• Historical Sites Tours Guided Friday tour of historical sites including the 1832 Railroad Depot, Old Post Office Art Museum, Fort Richardson, and railroad depots in Jacksboro. Priced at $30 per person, with transportation and lunch provided.
• Conference Reception Events Evening reception with a barbeque meal and wine, held at historical venues, honoring speakers and authors of the annual conference. Priced at $25 per person.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Texas Historical Commission: The state agency for historic preservation in Texas, which oversees heritage sites, markers, and educational programming across the same geographic region where WTTA operates its historical trail tours.
• National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: A Bureau of Land Management interpretive center in Wyoming covering multiple Western historic trails through exhibits, educational programming, and ranger-led tours — a federal counterpart to WTTA's regional trail interpretation mission.
• Texas State Historical Association: The largest and oldest historical organization in Texas, covering all aspects of Texas history (including trails) through publications, conferences, and educational programs — a broader incumbent that overlaps with WTTA's subject matter at the state level.

Direct peers

• Butterfield Overland Trail Association: A historical society dedicated to preservation and study of the Butterfield Overland Mail route, sharing WTTA's narrow trail-specific scope, regional concentration, and reliance on membership dues and annual gatherings.
• National Pony Express Association: A historical non-profit devoted to studying, marking, and commemorating a specific historic trail (the Pony Express route), with membership dues, annual rides/events, and educational programming analogous to WTTA's conference and tour offerings.
• Trail of Tears Association: A non-profit affiliated with the National Park Service that commemorates and studies the Trail of Tears route through annual conferences, research grants, and member activities — a structural twin to WTTA for a different historic trail.
• Oregon-California Trails Association: A non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of overland emigrant trails, with annual conferences, membership dues, and historical research missions that closely mirror WTTA's structure and activities for West Texas trails.
• Santa Fe Trail Association: A membership-based historical association focused on the recognition, study, and preservation of the Santa Fe Trail — operating annual symposia, marker programs, and publications for a specific historic trail in the same Southwestern US region as WTTA.

Emerging players

• Chisholm Trail Heritage Center: A heritage center and museum in Duncan, Oklahoma dedicated to the Chisholm Trail — closely related to WTTA's West Texas trail focus and serving an overlapping audience of trail-history enthusiasts with site-based programming.

Regional players

• Western History Association: An academic society promoting the study of the American West through annual conferences and the Western Historical Quarterly, sharing WTTA's regional Western US focus and conference-driven engagement model at a scholarly scale.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles9 records

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