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The Brownwood Bulletin - Brownwood, TX > Archives > News > Robert E. Howard fans converge on Cross Plains today: "CROSS PLAINS -- The annual celebration of the literary works of Cross Plain author Robert E. Howard will be held today and Saturday, and several hundred visitors -- including many from other states and countries -- are registered.
Howard researchers and scholars will be on hand for panel discussions, but those are only part of the celebration that spills out into the streets throughout the city.
Howard is best known for his fantasy adventure writings, through which the character Conan came to life, but his work branched into numerous other others before he told his own life in 1936.
Howard lived most of his life in Cross Plains, and attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood. He is buried in Greenleaf Cemetery, where the volunteer support group Friends of Greenleaf will open a reception center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for visitors to Howard’s grave. Soft drinks, water and other refreshments will be served.
Mark Finn, a native of Abilene who now lives in Vernon, will be the featured speaker at the celebration dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. today at the community center. His topic will be “Robert E. Howard and the Whole Wide World of Texas.” Reservations for the dinner closed Thursday."
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