Ranching Heritage Center opens center featuring Hank

NRHC director of education Julie Hodges, left, with Kris and John Erickson
NRHC director of education Julie Hodges, left, with Kris and John Erickson

Hank the Cowdog has jumped off the pages of John R. Erickson’s highly successful book series and found a new home in Lubbock on a half-acre site at the National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) at Texas Tech University.

“As a museum that has focused for five decades on the history of ranching, we are broadening our mission to help connect our visitors with modern ranching and contemporary ranching i…