Calling all cowboys…it’s time to wrangle up your little buckaroos and take them to Georgetown, TX this Saturday, Oct. 18 for the annual Chisholm Trail Days. Everyone’s invited to San Gabriel Park from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. for this free, family-friendly event that includes historical reenactments, a real longhorn cattle drive, pony rides, wagon rides, blacksmith demos, crafts, food, live music, and a children’s corral with lots of games and activities.
Photo from Williamson Museum Facebook page, credit Don Simpson
Schedule:
- 8 – 9 a.m.: Cowboy Breakfast served by Buckaroo Band – $3 per person
- 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Activities begin (see list below)
- 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.: Sam Bass Shootout
- 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.: Longhorn Cattle Drive
Photo from the Williamson Museum Facebook page, credit Don Simpson
Activities:
- Children’s Corral
- Live Music
- Cowboy Breakfast
- Takotas Pony Rides
- Wagon Rides
- Craft Vendors
- Living History Demonstrations
- Chuckwagons
- Sam Bass Shoot-out
- “How the West was Lost” Play from Voices from the Past
- Cattle Drive
Photo from the Williamson Museum Facebook page, credit Linda Green
Fun in the Children’s Corral:
- Bandana stamping
- Lasso a longhorn
- Snakes in a boot
- Stick horse rodeo
- Cowboy dress up
- Cow Patty toss
- Branding Bessie
- Brushy Creek General Store
Music Lineup:
- 8 – 9 a.m.: Evelyn Billington, The Yodelin’ Cowgirl
- 9 – 9:30 a.m.: Voices from the Past Play “How the West was Lost”
- 9:30 – 10 a.m.: Russ Phillips Cowboy Poetry
- 10- 10:30 a.m.: Voices from the Past Play “How the West was Lost”
- 10:30 -11:15 a.m.: Pat Gavin and the Buckaroo Band
- 11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Jesse Saunder’s Old Time Cowboy Band
Go rustle up some fun!
