Chisholm Trail Festival
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In 2010, the McLennan County Historical Commission presented the Chisholm Trail Festival, “Across the Brazos at Waco.” At this event, cowhands herded around forty longhorns across the Suspension Bridge in commemoration of the historic cattle drive trail.
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Waco Suspension Bridge
In the years leading up to 1870, the Brazos River proved to be both a blessing and a curse to the city of Waco. During that time, no bridges spanned the eight hundred miles of river flowing through Central Texas, forcing cattle drivers moving up the…