Bowie: Chisholm Trail Memorial Park

Bowie: Chisholm Trail Memorial Park

  • <p>Chisholm Trail Memorial Park</p> <p>Metal cutouts of a cowboy on horseback and a longhorn</p>
  • <p>Bowie Rodeo Arena at Pelham Park</p> <p>Cowboy riding a steer at a rodeo</p>
  • <p>Ketchum Bluff, OK on banks of Red River, across from Red River Station. (UT-Arlington Library, Special Collections)</p> <p>Bluffs along a river</p>
  • <p>Cowboys at chuck wagon, ca. 1874, Red River Station (UT-Arlington Library, Special Collections)</p>

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The last place to buy supplies before Abilene, Kansas, and site of the famous water crossing at Red River Station, Bowie boomed as a result of the cattle drives. At Chisholm Trail Memorial Park, nine life-size longhorns and two cowboys – all made of steel – pay tribute to the trail’s legacy in these parts.

Chisholm Trail Memorial Park

  • 703 U.S. 81, Bowie, TX