Yoakum: Yoakum Heritage Museum

Yoakum: Yoakum Heritage Museum

  • <p>Large home with sign saying Yoakum Heritage Museum</p>
  • <p>Chisholm Trail Memorial Park</p> <p>Granite marker saying In memory of the trail drivers of the Southwest who passed this way 1867-1887</p>
  • <p>Portion of exhibit with a tooled leather wall board saying C.C. Welhausen Founder of TexTan and the leather industry in Yoakum</p>
  • <p>1941 LIFE Magazine ad for Texas Ranger belts made in Yoakum.</p> <p>Magazine ad for Texas Ranger Belts made in Yoakum, Texas</p>
  • <p>Saddle makers at Tex-Tan, 1946 (Yoakum Heritage Museum)</p> <p>Men in a factory working on leather</p>
  • <p>Saddle makers at Tex-Tan, 1946 (Yoakum Heritage Museum)</p> <p>People in a factory making leather saddles</p>
  • <p>Saddle makers at Tex-Tan, 1946 (Yoakum Heritage Museum)</p> <p>People in a factory making leather saddles</p>
  • <p>Saddle makers at Tex-Tan, 1946 (Yoakum Heritage Museum)</p> <p>People in a factory making leather saddles</p>
  • <p>Saddle makers at Tex-Tan, 1946 (Yoakum Heritage Museum)</p> <p>People in a factory making leather saddles</p>

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Housed in the historic former home of Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Elkins, the Yoakum Heritage Museum tells the story of Texas’s “Leather Capital.” The museum’s Leather Room features an impressive amount of information and artifacts from the town’s rawhide revolution. There are also rooms dedicated to Yoakum’s military past, the nearby San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad, and the town’s early years. While in town, stop by Chisholm Trail Memorial Park, located at Hwy 77A and Gonzales Street.

Yoakum Heritage Museum

  • Hours: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 1-4 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Admission: None
  • 312 Simpson St., Yoakum, TX
  • 361-293-7022
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