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BIG BEAR Native American Museum Groundbreaking
Saturday, May 25, 2013
You are cordially invited! “BIG BEAR” Native American Museum Ground Breaking Ceremony. When: Saturday May 25, 10:am Where: Chisholm Trail.... More
Pioneer Days
Friday, November 22, 2013
Mark your calendar for the Friday & Saturday before Thanksgiving in November each year- Chisholm Trail Pioneer Days will bring.... More
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PIONEER DAYS CLASSIC GUN RAFFLE
11/23/13
Johnson County Chisholm Trail Museum’s 2013 Raffle Item: Uberti Replica Winchester Lever action 45 Long Colt with short slide and period correct engraving. .... Read More
Chisholm Trail Pioneer Days
11/22/13
Mark your calendar November 22 & 23, 2013 - Chisholm Trail Pioneer Days will bring a host of food, fun, activities and music for the whole family at the Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum on U.S. 67 in Cleburne on the west side of Lake Pat Cleburne. Events are planned throughout the day. 2013 will be our 10th year to hold.... Read More
BIG BEAR MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
06/01/13
Native American Artifacts coming to Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum in Cleburne, Texas. The Smithsonian wanted this collection, but Johnson County Heritage Foundation, who operates the Outdoor Museum, found favor with the Big Bear Beal family and have been gifted this lifetime collection of historic artifacts. Plans for a two thousand square foot Hogan style building have been drawn by designer.... Read More
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Chisholm Trail Marker - Nolan River Crossing
Crossing a small or large tributary was difficult for drovers with a herd of wild South Texas Longhorns that had been grazing undisturbed for some 300 years since being introduced by Columbus on his second voyage in 1494 and Cortez.... Read More
Did you know?
By 1870 thousands of Texas longhorn cattle were being driven over the Chisholm Trail to the Union Pacific (later the Kansas Pacific) Railroad shipping center at Abilene. By 1871 as many as 5,000 cowboys were often paid off during a single day. Abilene became known as a rough town in the Old West.

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