Western Trails Byway Podcast 2009

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As the pioneers traveled west across this land, they stared in wonder at the towering geologic formations along this 144-mile route. Today, you can experience these spires of the prairie, such as Chimney Rock, just as they did more than a century ago.

Spend some time kicked back with a stiff sarsaparilla enjoying the genuine Western hospitality of local cow towns, and have a gunslingin' good time at an Old West main street replica. If you're ready to try your hand at being a real cowpoke, area cattle ranches give you a chance to learn the ropes.

Then get ready to hit the outdoors running. Lake McConaughy promises plenty of water fun including skiing, sailing, and windsurfing while Lake Ogallala offers milder pastimes such as fishing and bald eagle watching. And with all of the hiking and biking trails, you can explore nature to your heart's content.

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[TheTexn]

Up on Boot Hill in Ogallala lies the remains of one W T " Bill " Campbell. Bill chose to entertain himself by irritating two cowboys from Tyler County, Texas while they ate their supper at Cowboy's Rest Hotel and saloon. Andy Moye, just a little faster on the draw than Bill Campbell, back in 1877, rest peacefully in Hopewell Cemetery west of Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. Andy's brother, Iverson, rest in his grave at Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas.

[TheTexn]

A fine video. Ogallala has such potential as a Great Western Cattle Trail mecca. W T " Bill " Campbell , buried on Boot Hill at Ogallala was shot by Andy Moye in Tuckers Saloon on Front Street in 1877,. Andy returned to Tyler County, Texas and died in 1882. Remnants of the Moye Family still reside in Tyler County.