Chisholm Trail....

The Chisholm Trail sculpture in Fort Worth, Texas

...Texas to Kansas it ran with cowboys and cattle and all,
tough ride to herd those cattle, did they sing "Cattle Call?"
Portrayed in movies and later TV,
those cowboys must have been something to see.

Right after the Civil War, steers sold up north for forty dollars a head,
but down in Texas, times were tough, a four dollar price meant that living was dead.
So Mr. Chisholm wanted the railroad to come down to the south,
and created the trail instead, news travel by word of mouth.

Wagon ruts along the Trail in Round Rock Texas

A depiction of cattle crossing the Red River into Oklahoma

A replica of the drive in Caldwell Kansas, and now.....

...A QUICK NOTE: We are moving on May 18, there probably won't be any postings between
May 14 to May 20th, but I'll be back!  Get along little doggie!

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve....

Where the buffalo roam.. click

...Kansas, one of the last remaining stands of the tallgrass prairie here,
it was important to preserve some things as just the way they were...
...when the settlements began, there were cattle being raised;
and to those "preservers", we should give thanks and praise.

It is more than fitting that Kansas is the place, it's in the song...
...Home on the Range, it was written here, the State Song;
and this is where it happens so Kansans can boast,
they can show us all this place, and be gracious hosts.

Fox Hill School-a reminder-click

A trail is provided for day hikes/walks-click

Purple Sage in flower-click