Howdy! We’ve been really busy lately so haven’t been able to
post, but I have a minute to catch up with all y’all. So, sit back and enjoy
some pictures of what we’ve been up to!
Part of what we do as a family here on the Bates Silver Spur
Ranch is work rodeos and also perform as re-enactors.
Last week was Pioneer Days at the Chisholm Trail Outdoor
(Living) Museum here in Cleburne. There are many historic buildings and
replicas of historic buildings on the grounds with plenty of items and
artifacts to see. The Big Bear Indian Museum recently opened, there is a school
house where schools and homeschoolers come out to spend a day in an 1800’s
class room, taught just like it was back then as the museum offers an
instructor who teaches history while teaching other subjects of that period.
There is also an actively working court house that was built in the 1800’s in
what was then known as the town of Wardville. There is a working Blacksmiths
shop, Mule Barn and teepees.
During Pioneer Days the “town” of Wardville comes alive again
with many craftsmen, town’s people, gunfights, both an Indian encampment and a
military encampment equipped with canons that are shot every hour. Here are a few pictures from that weekend which extended into
Thanksgiving weekend!
Be looking for more activities here and if you should see
horsemen riding in the town of Cleburne looking like something out of a movie,
they most likely are from Wardville on the Chisholm Trail! Hope y’all can stop
out and see us!
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