Pioneer Days at the Chisholm Trail

 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!