Parking Lot Fire at Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic (1974)

This film from the Wallace and Euna Pryor Collection captures footage of the parking lot fire that occurred at Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic in 1974, held at the Texas World Speedway near College Station. The exact cause of the fire is unknown; it destroyed twelve cars, one of which belonged to Texas songwriter and musician, Robert Earl Keene.