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COMMEMORATIVE CHISHOLM. TRAIL Historical SITES ' . .. ; APPENDIX B COMMEMORATIVE CHISHOLM. TRAIL HiSTORICAL SITES ..... ; . San Antonio, Texas: Buckhorn uaii ·~f· Hor~~- contains-hund.red.8" of.· horns from-the~ Longhorn . and other wil'a. game. Alamo Museum, contains a number of artifacts related to the cattle trail era. , ·s&n Marcos, Texas: Chisholm Trail Historical Marker on the courthoµs~ lawn. ·. Austin, Texas: Barker Texas History Collection. Texas Memorial Museum. Texas Cowboy Statue on the Capitol grounds. Salado, Texas: Central Texas Area Museum. · Belton, Texa~: Fort Griffin Historical Marker southwest of Belton. \. .. Gatesville, Texas: .· Traces of Fort Gates, provided protection and supplies to drovers. Buckhorn Museum. Lake Whitney, Texas: Fort Graham His~orical Marker. ·. ·: 39 • ... ; . .. :. : I • • i 4 T t Cleburne, Texas: Laylands' Museum ~ . Rio Vista, Texas: Historical marker depicting trail camp and guide point. Historical marker honoring Jesse Chisholm. Decatur, Texas: Chisholm Trail Historical Marker. Chisholm.Trail cattle crossing marker. Ringsgold, Texas: Marker commemorating two feeder branches of the Chisholm Trail and other trails. Nocona, Texas: Marker on Red River indicating location of Red River Station, a major crossing and supply point on the·Trail. Saint Jo, Texas: Stonewall Saloon Museum. Waurika, Oklahoma: Chisholm Trail Museum. Chisholm Trail Historical Marker. Tuttle, Oklahoma: · Chish~lm Trail Historical Marker.' Yukon, Oklahoma: Chisholm Trail Historical Marker. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: National Cowboy Ball of Fame. 40 ... Bison, Oklahoma: Chisholm Trail Historical Marker. Enid 1 Oklahoma: Government Springs .~~. Enid . Municipal Park. Wellington, Kansas: Chisholm Trail Museum. Wichita, Kansas: Historic Wichita Cowtown. Abilene, Kansas: 01~ Abilene ~own .•. RELATED TO THE CATTLE DRIVING PERIOD San.Antonio, Texas: . Steves Homesteaq,.exam~ie of victorian Man~ion which was a .fashion­ able German residence in the 1870's. Witt Memorial Museum, includes early Texas houses and a furnished log cabin. New Braunfels, Texas: Sophienburg Museum. San Marcos, Texas: Historical markers two miles nortn of San.Marcos honoring early H8ys County settlers who furnished beef for the Confede~ate Army. ' General Edward Burles9n Home • .Kyle, Texas.: Blanco Chapel. Major Ezekiel Nance Home. 41 Austin, Texas: Pioneer Cabin in Zilker Park• .• Neil-Cochran House Round.Rock, Texas: Stagecoach Inn. Kenney'' s Fort. ·Round Rock Cemetery, grave site of notorious outlaw Sam Bass. El Milagro Museum. The Inn of Brushy Creek, built and known in 1850 as the Cole House. Salado, Texas: Stagecoach Inn. Old Sommers Mill Gatesville, . Texas: A restored '1855 log jail. Decatur, Texas: Marker identifying the Jam.es Brother's campsite. 42 .~. ClrY I catur ... ,\ .¥. ·. '• roRT. ~ fort. Worth, Texas, to Yukon, Oklahoma figure 7 • ·t. .· THE CHISHOLM TRAIL San ~ntonio, Texas, to Fort Worth, Texas t _& lrc:HAT~ AllAI 6 M111011e snu Yukon, Okla~oma, to Abilen~, Kansas MILES 0 20 ~o 60 .·. ~· ' IAXTll SPllNOI' -~ _____. _,... ----....:,::~~~Ql l . ~~S I ' ...... • ! ~ .!::~· I "':. ~·f Tulsa~ ...1· ~ ··- mile• 50 7S 0 25 ·' .. THE SOUTHWEST Western - Chisholm Shawnee 2 .
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