COUNTY LIFE
‘Trail Boss’ now on watch at Pelham Park
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie knife plaza at Pelham Park has been expanded as a new bronze sculpture, “The Trail Boss,” was placed in a garden area next to the knife.
This sculpture was generously donated to the City of Bowie by Warner Stone, owner of Crockett Ranch. This process was coordinated by Van Baize who was broker for the ranch as it was put up for sale and assisted by City of Bowie staff who welcomed the donation and moved it to its new home.
Stone, chief executive officer of Seneca Investments, a commercial real estate investment company in Addison, bought the ranch located on Farm-to-Market Road 1816 and named it for his champion bird dog Johnny Crockett. The large green lodge-style house is often called, “The Cabela House,” sitting high on a hill.
The property is located on one of the historic Chisholm Trail routes and a white historical marker was placed near the ranch entry several years ago
Read the full story in your weekend Bowie News.
Top photo – City of Bowie Electric crew members prepare to load up the Trail Boss statue at the Crockett Ranch and transport it to Pelham Park its new home. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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