The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 Page: 155
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briefly in Hillsboro and Cleburne before reaching Weatherford
in the afternoon. No organized programs had been planned for
Hillsboro and Cleburne, but despite the continuing rain, the
members of the caravan staged impromptu entertainments--
dancing, singing songs that were popular with the men who fol-
lowed the trail in the 1870's, and visiting with the residents of
the two towns, who were immediately infected with the western
Mardi Gras spirit of the travelers.
The Chisholm Trail tour coincided with the celebration of the
Parker County Centennial, and Mr. Fred R. Cotten, Association
vice-president, in co-operation with Mrs. E. B. Cartwright and
the Parker County Centennial Association, arranged a resound-
ing frontier welcome for the trail drivers. In a roped-off corner
of the courthouse square the Weatherford committee had set up
complete exhibits of authentic equipment used on early cattle
drives, which included a chuck wagon. After an address by Mr.
Cotten on the cattle industry in Parker County and square danc-
ing by both members of the caravan and residents of Parker
County, who were also dressed in costumes of the last century,
camp coffee was served at the chuck wagon. An especially realis-
tic note was added at Weatherford by the bearded and booted
Parker County Sheriff's Posse.
From Weatherford the caravan drove to Fort Worth to resume
the main route of the Chisholm Trail. In keeping with the hos-
pitable receptions that had been extended to the trail drivers at
previous points, the Tarrant County Historical Society and the
Chamber of Commerce were hosts to the travelers in the true
western tradition that is characteristic of Fort Worth. At the
Children's Museum Walter Jetton, Fort Worth caterer who was
declared "America's No. 1 outdoor chef today," in the Saturday
Evening Post, April 21, 1956, prepared a memorable chuck
wagon supper. Later Mr. Wayne Gard spoke on the Chisholm
Trail, recounting some of the early days in Fort Worth and how
the coming of the railroads affected cattle trailing. President
John Naylor and Vice-president Cullum Greene, of the Tarrant
County Historical Society, and Dr. Kathryn Garrett, whose
Junior Historians of Arlington Heights High School handled the155
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