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Red River Valley/Museum of Western Prairie NDOC “Trailride”
July 28, 2012 @ 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Vernon, Texas and Altus, Oklahoma
National Day of the Cowboy
Saturday July 28, 2012
The Red River Valley Museum in Vernon, Texas and The Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus, Oklahoma, would like to invite you to a co-sponsored event Celebrating the National Day of the Cowboy on July 28th, 2012.
This “modern day trail ride” will begin at 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
The Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus, Oklahoma and the members of the Western Trail Historical Society will host “Breakfast on the Western Prairie.” There will be four (4) venues of first person “tales” of breakfast on the Western Prairie. The emphasis in each venue will be on the uniqueness of the people who settled in this part of the county….from cherished traditional Southern recipes to the hard-working family dinners of venison, poke salad , hot cornbread and wild dewberry pie. The “cowboy breakfast” of sourdough biscuits, salt pork and coffee prepared in a Dutch oven will be served.
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Friends of the Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus will host four venues of meals on the western prairie with a sample of “cowboy breakfast” of biscuit, salt pork, and juice/coffee.
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Saddle up your four-wheels and ride to Doan’s Crossing (Texas) for lemonade and a visit with a “real 1800’s cowboy”. Join us under the pecan trees and listen to the tales of a cowboy who rode the Great Western Trail. (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
Now, you will be ready for that air conditioned horse—or horsepower to be exact!
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Doan’s Adobe (Doan’s Crossing, Texas) Come have a glass of lemonade and visit with a “real 1800’s cowboy” under the shade of the pecan trees.
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, Texas. Now you are ready for some old fashioned cold home-made ice cream, bake sale (hosted by the Red River Valley Museum Guild), opening of Art of the American West (co-sponsored by Western Trail Art Association) and music that spans the ages from “Cowboy” to “Pretty Woman”.
Opening of Art of the American West: Some really unusual items from jewelry, silverwork handmade Indian headdress, paintings and silverwork that pertain to the American West.
Old fashioned ice-cream “freeze-off”: Entry fee is $10.00 with $5.00 returned when the ice cream arrives. This gives you a chance to win
$100.00 Grand Prize
$ 50.00 Second Place
Red River Valley Museum Guild sponsored bake sale.
True West Award Announcement
Music that spans the generations by Mark Reynolds and the Western Trail Wranglers and the Eagle Flat Brats (Vernon’s newest dulcimer group).
Fun and educational
Food for the body and the eye
Free admission
Free Air Conditioning
Hope you can make it!
Sherry Yoakum
Executive Director