SOLD OUT Chisholm Trail – Waco to Round Rock
Lunch on your own
Wednesday, May 3, $43 pp
Depart SCPL 7:15 a.m.; return 5 p.m. Tickets for this event go on sale on Wednesday, March 1 @ 8 a.m. For more than a dozen tempestuous years beginning in 1866, the Chisholm Trail was the Texas cowboys’ road to adventure. It held the excitement of sudden stampedes, hazardous river crossings and brushes with Indians as well as the promise of a better future for Texas following the Civil War. Walk in the steps of those who defined our Texas heritage and created living legends as we explore the trail from the Brazos River crossing in Waco to Brushy Creek in Round Rock.
We begin in Waco with a tour of the Earle-Harrison House and Pape Gardens, a true antebellum built in 1858, followed by a walk on the historic Chisholm Trail Bridge. After a bit of Waco history, we will head down the trail to Belton for lunch on your own and browsing. Following lunch we will rendezvous at The Chisholm Trail Monument, take a ride through Salado history, and visit the Chisholm Trail Crossing Park on Brushy Creek in Round Rock. After a final tale of pioneers and bank robbers, we will toss back a ‘cowboy shot’ and set the stage for our final Chisholm Trail outing coming in October – to Fort Worth where the West begins. NOTE: Present your outing ticket to see the movie The Cowboys with John Wayne on Tuesday, May 2, 1 p.m. in Cowan Creek’s Florence room. Ticket cost includes transportation, tour fees, and May 2 movie. Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather |
