1. Erin Foley Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton Matagorda County

2. BEGAN AS BAY CITY RICE CARNIVAL *Pictures of first Rice Carnival on Courthouse lawn-1901

3. ξTook over festival in 1941; created pageant BAY CITY LIONS CLUB HOSTS RICE FESTIVAL/PAGEANT

4. ξFirst Queen- Aubin Cox, 1941 ξConnie Cole- only Queen to retain title. (1960, 61) RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN HISTORY *Jeanette Williams – Queen 1949

5. ξTen contestants ran for the title FIRST RICE FESTIVAL PAGEANT HELD IN 1941 *Original Queen Contestants 1941

6. 1948 RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN CANDIDATES

7. FIRST CROWN CREATED BY SAM RICHARDSON ξWorked 72 hours straight to complete it

8. QUEEN CANDIDATES RIDE ON FLOATS IN PARADE *Queen and her court in Rice Festival Parade

9. CREATED LITTLE MISS/MISTER PAGEANT

10. RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN AND FIRST PRINCESS

11. PAGEANT RECENTLY CELEBRATED 67 TH ANNIVERSARY *2012 Rice Festival Queen and Princess *All of the Rice Queens over the years

12. RECENT PICTURES *2011 Rice Queen, Chazmin Franklin, and her court *2012 Rice Queen, Danielle Thomas, and her court

13. ξwww.rootsweb.ancestry.comwww.rootsweb.ancestry.com ξMatagorda County Museum ξwww.iluvwaves.comwww.iluvwaves.com CREDITS

14. ξwww.rootsweb.ancestry.comwww.rootsweb.ancestry.com ξwww.bananaboatbytes.comwww.bananaboatbytes.com ξMatagorda County Museum ξBay City Tribune REFERENCES