Donna: Donna Hooks Fletcher Historical Museum

Donna: Donna Hooks Fletcher Historical Museum

  • <p>Donna Historical Museum (Valerie D. Bates)</p> <p>Two storey small commercial building with tile inset saying The Donna News and a red awning saying Historical Museum</p>
  • <p>Peter Preston Ackley (Steve Myers)</p> <p>Man and woman standing in front of a tall sign with a longhorn on it marking the Chisholm Trail</p>
  • <p>Ackley in 1934 at placement of a marker on the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin.</p> <p>Peter Preston Ackley standing next to a Chisholm Trail marker installed on a bridge</p>
  • <p>The marker now on the lamppost at 11th and Congress in Austin was originally on a traffic island.</p> <p>Automobile pulling a wagon advertising the Chisholm Trail with a marker on an island in the middle of the street in front of the Texas state capitol building</p>
  • <p>Chisholm Trail marker in City Square Park, Donna</p> <p>Chisholm Trail marker set in a park</p>

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The Donna Hooks Fletcher Historical Museum houses numerous artifacts and exhibits from the town of Donna’s history. Inside the museum, you’ll find a small pictorial exhibit of the town’s history as an early pass-through on the Chisholm Trail. In the town square outside stand a statue of Donna Hooks Fletcher, a Chisholm Trail marker, and a Great Western Trail obelisk.

Donna Hooks Fletcher Historical Museum