Thomas Volney Munson Memorial Vineyard

Duration: 4:26

Year Published: 1970s

Sound: sound

Description: This 1970s news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV profiles the former Perrin Air Force Station in Denison, detailing the history of the base and plans for future use of the property. Much of the site was donated to Grayson College, who set aside part of the land for a Thomas Volney Munson Memorial Vineyard. Munson was a world-renowned horticulturist and viticulturist who lived in Denison from 1876 to 1913. Grayson College opened the vineyard in 1975 to honor Munson as well as cultivate some of his grape varieties. In the segment, an unidentified reporter visits the vineyard site as well as the hothouse where some of Munson’s