Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum (Cleburne, Texas)

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The Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum
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The 1881 School House at the museum
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Chisholm Museum
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Chisholm Museum
Chisholm Museum (the United States)
Location
Coordinates 32°19′23″N97°26′57″W / 32.323003°N 97.449156°W / 32.323003; -97.449156
Website www.thechisholmtrailoutdoormuseum.com

The Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum in Cleburne, Texas is an outdoor museum that celebrates the Chisholm Trail. [1]

The museum features a number of original, and recreated buildings, including the oldest surviving log Courthouse in Texas, from 1855. [2] The museum also features a Western Memorabilia Museum, featuring items belonging to former Fort Worth city manager Douglas Harman. [3] [4]

Other attractions include a working blacksmith shop, a restored 19th-century stagecoach, a Texas Rangers and Civil War Museum, and a petting zoo. [5]

Big Bear Native American Museum

The Big Bear Native American Museum is located on the site, displaying the collection of Leonard "Big Bear" Beal, with items related to his own life traveling and working throughout he united states, including a short stint as a professional wrestler under the ring names Cowboy Beal and Tex Beal. [6]

The collection features a number of artifacts, weapons and tools, as well as a number of local crafts and photographs related to the Native Americans in the region. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Holt, Jo Ann (June 13, 2022). "Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum Transports Visitors to the 1800s". Focus Daily News. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  2. ↑ Dabney, Eric (2011). Historic Johnson County: An Illustrated History. HPN Books. ISBN   978-1-935377-36-8.
  3. ↑ "Douglas Harman". Texas Trail Of Fame. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Douglas Harman Museum". www.visitcleburne.com. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Attractions | The Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum". Chisholm Trail. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  6. ↑ CTR, Larue BarnesSpecial to the (April 13, 2014). "The story of Leonard J. "Big Bear" Beal". Cleburne Times-Review. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Native American heritage museum opens in Cleburne". khou.com. November 17, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
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