On Oct. 5, join the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History for the 14th annual Texas Heritage Festival: Boonville Days. As part of the festival, runners and walkers of all ages are welcome to join in the 11th annual Buffalo Stampede Half Marathon and 5K Race at 7:30am starting at the Brazos Center. After the race, the entire family can enjoy other fun activities at this free heritage festival.
From 9am to 4pm learn about Brazos County’s pioneer history. Visit with characters in period costume and enjoy cowboys, reenactors, musicians, dancers, artisans, and much more. Visitors will also have the opportunity to observe demonstrations of frontier skills and trades including flint-knapping, spinning, weaving, wood carving, and blacksmithing. This is a family friendly event, so there will be free pony rides, train rides, and other activities for children. The museum will be open for free with more exhibits, activities, and demonstrations inside.
Visitors can also savor delicious cowboy lunches at the ninth annual Chuck Wagon Cook-Off. Wagon teams in period dress compete for cash prizes Friday afternoon through Saturday. Lunch tickets for the chuck wagon Saturday noon meal will be pre-sold at the museum for $12 and include bottled water, chicken fried steak, beans, potatoes, and cobbler. Tickets are limited, so don’t delay. Pat Gavin and the Buckaroo Band will be providing music to keep your feet tapping in the chuck wagon area.
Shuttle buses will carry visitors to and from Boonville Heritage Park, a unique local heritage site. Visitors may view a restored and furnished 19th century dogtrot cabin, replica buildings of the Boonville Courthouse, a smokehouse, the Masonic lodge, and other re-enactors, booths, and more.
This event was made possible in part through Eugene Edge III Charitable Trust, Wakefield Foundation, Twin City Properties, Producers Co-op, Brazos County Historical Commission, and the Hotel Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station and the City of Bryan through the Arts Council of Brazos Valley.
For more information about race registration, chuck wagon lunch tickets, volunteer opportunities, or this event call (979) 776-2195, visit their website at www.brazosvalleymuseum.org, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
The museum, located in the Brazos Center, is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm. Regular admission fees are $5 for adults; $4 for students, seniors, and children; and free for children under three and museum members.
Courtesy of The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History
