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THE LAST CHISHOLM
TRAIL ROUNDUP
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There's always something going
on in Fort Worth's Stockyards. Practically every day Cowboy's drive the
Fort Worth Herd past hordes of tourists. Friday and Saturday nights the
Stockyards comes alive with packed Saloons, Honkytonks and
Restaurants. And
several times a year entry to the Stockyards is fenced off while a
special event takes place. .
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One example was the annual Chisholm Trail Roundup.
The Chisholm Trail Roundup lasted for three days. With a Parade,
Chuckwagon Cookoffs, Food Purveyors, people in period attire, other
people in contemporary attire, Gunfights, Indian Powwows, Longhorn
Riders, Longhorns, Cowboys, Music in multiple Venues, Street Dances,
Arts and Crafts and Horses...a Totally Texas spectacle...
Unfortunately
the photos you see here are from the last Chisholm Trail Roundup, in
2001. Post 9/11 an increase in the cost of insuring such an event made
it no longer possible.
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A sign advertising Chisholm Trails Roundup
attached to the side of the outdoor eating zone at Riscky Rita's, a
Mexican restaurant with a buffet with an unusual option. |
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Appears some saloon girls are out in
daylight to take in the sights of the Roundup. Note the unusual
traffic sign |
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One would think Longhorns were a major
transportation device in the Old West as often as you see them
carrying people in the Stockyards. The Longhorn under the cowboy in
the white hat had such huge horns some spectators thought the horns were
fakes! |
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A little girl and her Longhorn. |
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This little guy let out a good yeehaw. |
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Full sized people on Longhorns. |
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An Indian Princess led the procession
of Cowgirls on Horses. |
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Chisholm
Trail Roundup spectators
walking Exchange Street. |
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Modern
cowgirl attire. Is it a violation of Texas law to turn the Lone Star Flag
into clothing? Sans undergarment? |
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Old-fashioned tasteful cowgirl attire,
although it would seem it would be very warm to be dressed like this on
such a hot day. |
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This modern day attire seems better
suited to hot weather. |
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The Cowboy Cookout zone. These are the
cowboys from the Wild Cow Ranch. |
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Where is the ASPCA?
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A cute little girl on her cute little
horse. |
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A Dalmatian on top of the Budweiser
Clydesdale Wagon. |
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The parade is over, the Longhorns have
been cleared from the street. It's time for the Tarantula Train to come
out of Stockyard Station to be turned around for its daily trip to
Grapevine. |
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The Chisholm Trail was a route used in the late 19th century in the Western United States for cattle drives, the movement of cattle overland. The trail stretched from southern Texas across the Red River to Abilene, Kansas, and was used to drive cattle northward to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway, where they were shipped eastward.
The trail is named for Jesse Chisholm who had built several trading posts in what is now western Oklahoma before the American Civil War. He never drove cattle on the trail, and he died in 1868.
Today, most historians consider the Chisholm Trail to have started at the Rio Grande or at San Antonio, Texas. From 1867 to 1871, the trail ended in Abilene. Later, Newton, Kansas, and Wichita, Kansas, each served as the end of the trail. From 1883 to 1887, the end of the trail was Caldwell, Kansas.
In Texas, there were hundreds of feeder trails heading north to one of the main cattle trails. In the early 1840s, most cattle was driven up the Shawnee Trail. The trail was previously used by Indian hunting and raiding parties; it went north from Austin through Waco and Fort Worth. The trail crossed into Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) near Red River Station (in present-day Montague County, Texas) and entered Kansas near Caldwell. The trail through Oklahoma followed generally the route of US Highway 81.
source: Wikipedia |
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