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Paso a Paso a Través De PASO A PASO A TRAVÉS DE UN RECORRIDO A PIE AUTOGUIADO PARA LOS VIAJEROS DEL TIEMPO COMPILADO POR TEXAS STORYTELLER THOS. BURKHARDT TOUR DE HISTORIA: EN ESPAÑOL AUSTIN-TEXAS: FUNDACIÓN JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS Mapa del Viaje SU TOUR COMIENZA EN SPRINKLE CORNER VILLAGE ______________ Comienza Tu Viaje De Tiempo Reglas Del Camino A Medida Que Viajes a 1800s Texas Usando el mapa en la página anterior, debe orientarse parándose en el porche delantero de la tienda general. La duración del recorrido es de poco más de tres cuartos de milla. Un sistema de senderos y senderos claramente marcados comienza y termina en Sprinkle Corner. Los visitantes pueden permanecer en los senderos marcados en todo momento. Para garantizar la seguridad y la comodidad de todos, se les pide a todos los visitantes que sigan estas reglas para garantizar un viaje seguro: • Los niños deben estar acompañados y supervisados en todo momento por un adulto. • Los retretes modernos se encuentran en varios sitios interpretativos. • No alimentar al ganado. Los animales son impredecibles y pueden causar lesiones graves. Si los acaricias, ten cuidado ya que algunos pueden morder o picotear. Los corrales y pastos de ganado no deben ingresarse bajo ninguna circunstancia. • Tenga cuidado con los peligros naturales de la pradera: serpientes, hormigas bravas, abejas, hiedra venenosa, ortigas y espinas. • No se permite tirar basura, fumar, expectorar, lenguaje sucio o mala conducta. Comer en edificios y escalar vallas y estructuras también está prohibido. • Si un área está acordonada, debe permanecer fuera. • No se permiten mascotas en el terreno. Tampoco es alcoholismo o asociación con conocidos delincuentes. • Los elementos y artefactos naturales no se deben quitar de los terrenos del museo. Las flores deben ser vistas, no recogidas. • Los visitantes deben abstenerse de utilizar las comodidades modernas y los dispositivos como teléfonos celulares y dispositivos de comunicación personal, ya que pueden asustar a los caballos y vecinos del siglo XIX que nunca antes los habían visto. • Los botiquines de primeros auxilios están disponibles en cada granja, sitio histórico y en la tienda general, para aquellos que necesitan remedios y vendajes. Rincon Del Sprinkle Una aldea rural de Texas en el año La ciudad de Sprinkle fue establecida en 1876 por Erasmus Frederick Sprinkle, quien trajo a su hija viuda y sus cuatro hijos a Texas desde Virginia en una carreta unos años antes. Un agricultor de profesión, comenzó a cultivar algodón en el fértil suelo negro en 223 acres que compró y pronto abrió una pequeña tienda. La ciudad, fundada oficialmente en 1881 después de la llegada de otros colonos, pronto se convirtió en un centro comercial en esta parte del condado de Travis. Fue una de las comunidades más diversas del condado de Travis, sirviendo a los colonos blancos texanos, esclavos liberados llamados libertos que se establecieron en la zona en gran número después de la Guerra Civil y con los emigrantes de Alemania y Europa. En sus primeros años, Sprinkle tenía una tienda mercantil general (en la foto a continuación, en 1893), tres iglesias, una oficina de correos, una herrería, una escuela y varias casas. El ambicioso nieto de Sprinkle, William Braxton Barr, construyó el emblemático Barr Mansion al otro lado de la calle de la tienda. La mansión sigue en pie hoy en día como un centro de eventos y alquiler. Aunque Sprinkle tenía una población de más de 100 residentes en 1890, cuarenta años más tarde era poco más que un amplio lugar en el camino con solo 10 habitantes. Eso se debió principalmente a una caída drástica en el precio del algodón que obligó a muchos agricultores a buscar trabajo en otro lugar. Nuestro pueblo de Sprinkle Corner está diseñado para reproducir el espíritu y el tamaño del Sprinkle original, hasta la plaza del pueblo, 100 pies por 100 pies. POR LA PUERTA DELANTERA: NATIVO GROVE Justo después de los pasos de la tienda hay un bosque nativo que reproduce uno donde la gente del pueblo a veces se juntaba para conversar en la frescura de la noche, debajo de los robles, arces y bois d'arcs. Eran una versión temprana de un parque y a menudo presentaban una pequeña glorieta, como esta. A medida que las ciudades se movían para embellecer sus alrededores a fines del siglo XIX, arboledas como esta fueron reemplazadas por plazas y otros espacios verdes. CERCANOS: BANDERA Y PIEDRA SENTADA En el borde de la arboleda nativa se encuentra un asta de madera alta que era un accesorio común en las ciudades pequeñas, casi siempre cerca de la oficina de correos. La mayoría de las ciudades de cualquier tamaño tenían un asta de bandera que servía como punto de reunión para la conversación entre vecinos. Este fue tallado a mano desde un poste telefónico de 30 pies por voluntarios de Pioneer Farms, utilizando los planos estándar para un personal de la bandera del ejército de EE. UU. 1871. Al lado del asta de la bandera hay una piedra sentada marcada con el nombre "Yoe" en un lado. Venía de la casa de huéspedes de Madame Yoe en Guy Town, un distrito de juegos de azar a lo largo de Fourth Street en Austin, donde los clientes se sentaban y esperaban a fines del siglo XIX. Las piedras para sentarse también eran comunes fuera de otros negocios del día, y generalmente estaban marcadas con el nombre comercial. AL OTRO LADO DE LA CALLE: TATE HOUSE Samuel William Tate vino a Texas en 1845, viajando desde Tennessee en una carreta de bueyes, un viaje realmente duro, sin dudas. Se instaló en la comunidad de Sandy Mountain en el condado de Llano, al noroeste de Austin, y en 1854 construyó este edificio de porche largo como su casa y tienda general. Cortó troncos de los bosques cercanos para los soportes. Mire debajo del porche, y es posible que pueda ver algo de la corteza vieja aún en algunos registros. Él y su esposa criaron a 12 niños en este edificio de "trote de perros", una típica casa de Texas de la época con un corredor en el medio. Tate se convirtió en el primer empleado del distrito y se desempeñó como jefe de correos durante muchos años antes de fallecer en 1899 a los 76 años. El edificio fue un regalo para Pioneer Farms de la difunta Lady Bird Johnson. Es el edificio comercial más antiguo de Sprinkle Corner y uno de los más antiguos de Austin. POR LA CASA TATE: ABREVADERO En los días en que los caballos eran un medio de transporte principal, los postes de enganche y abrevaderos como este eran tan comunes hace un siglo como los parquímetros son hoy en día. Los mensajes fueron necesarios para evitar que los caballos se vayan. Su ubicación a lo largo de una calle designaría dónde estaban los espacios de estacionamiento para caballos, aunque los jinetes también solían usar vallas y puestos en el porche. Los abrevaderos daban a los caballos un lugar para tomar un trago de agua mientras estaban atados. Los primeros postes y abrevaderos fueron hechos de madera. También eran comunes los pilares de piedra tallados con una junta tórica para sostener las riendas, como varios que se pueden ver alrededor de la plaza del pueblo. Fueron utilizados en el centro de Austin después de 1850. Los abrevaderos más robustos eran como este concreto, utilizado en Congress Avenue en el centro de Austin a fines del siglo XIX. JUNTO A LA CASA TATE: ESCAPARATE Al igual que muchas tiendas en las pequeñas ciudades de Texas a finales de 1800, esta es de pequeña escala, con una sola habitación, y es de construcción de madera con techo inclinado. Este edificio, una adición posterior a la cocina de Moody Farm House en la misma calle, se trasladó a la plaza del pueblo a principios de 2018 y se interpreta como una tienda de finales de la década de 1890. Su entrada delantera data de años atrás, después de ser rescatada de un edificio de décadas de antigüedad construido por el conocido maestro de obras de Austin Abner Cook. Cook construyó la Mansión del Gobernador y otros edificios importantes en Austin. La entrada se instaló para completar la tienda que reproduce varias fotos de época de Elgin, Pflugerville y otras ciudades pequeñas de esta zona a fines del siglo XIX. AL LADO: FISK LOG BUILDING Las primeras partes de este tosco edificio de troncos fueron cortadas de cedro en Austin en la década anterior a la Guerra Civil, cuando Millard Fillmore era presidente y cuando la mayor parte de Texas era una frontera salvaje. Más tarde, el edificio se duplicó en tamaño, se utilizó como una tienda, como una cuna de maíz o casa, y más tarde para el almacenamiento. El impulsor cívico de Austin, Walter Long, compró la estructura en algún momento de la década de 1930 para guardarla para la posteridad. Los descendientes de Long donaron el edificio a Pioneer Farms en 2009, y fue desarmado cuidadosamente y trasladado aquí como parte de un proyecto de Eagle Scout. Una tienda de woodwright eventualmente ocupará sus dos salas. DETRÁS DEL EDIFICIO FISK: GUARNICIONERÍA Situado en el borde de la ciudad con las otras tiendas de comercio es este edificio de un piso, sin pintar que alberga la guarnicionería. La mayoría de las ciudades tenían una guarnicionería donde se hacían y reparaban las cuerdas y los arneses. Los olores distintivos y acres habrían saludado a los visitantes: pulido y solventes combinados con cuero sin curtir y cueros curtidos. Las saddleries y las tiendas de cuero generalmente estaban ubicadas cerca de establos de librea, cerca de sus principales clientes comerciales.
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