The Salt Grass Trail is the original and oldest trail ride that promotes the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Tentative 2024 RIDE DATES: Salt Grass Trail Ride - February February 16, 2024 to Parade Day February 24, 2024 As always, the trail ride is a "the-more-the-merrier" event. It continues every February; the 103-mile journey still marks the start of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo with over 20 wagons from the Salt Grass Trail riding in the parade in Downtown Houston. Lockett was the trail boss of the Saltgrass Trail Ride from 1952-1969.
Nan's Notes 2014 Salt Grass Trail Ride Day 1
The Salt Grass Trail Ride of today boasts nearly 30 wagons and more than1,500 riders on horseback. The riders, stretched out single file for the distance of a mile or so, always present a colorful picture as they go down the trail. Large crowds are always waiting at each town the ride passes through. Salt Grass Trail Ride Association, Pattison, Texas. 4,394 likes ยท 30 talking about this. Grand-Daddy of 'em All Celebrating its 65th anniversary this year, the Salt Grass Trail Ride boasts more than 1,500 riders and 28 wagons. Furthermore, it planted the seeds for a dozen more trail rides, 10 from across Texas and two others originating in Logansport, Louisiana and Reynosa, Mexico (see sidebar). The Salt Grass Trail Ride is the original and the oldest of several trail rides that promote the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo . The trail ride was started in 1953 by Pat Flaherty, Reese Lockett, E.H. Marks, and John Warnasch. It originally began in Brenham and ended at the Rodeo Parade in downtown Houston.
Nan's Notes 2014 Salt Grass Trail Ride Day 1
January 12, 2018 Members of the Salt Grass Trail Ride, the oldest and largest ride, trot triumphantly on their Appaloosas into Houston's Memorial Park. One of Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's most iconic events ends before the rodeo even begins. Downtown Rodeo Parade starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, Saltgrass Steak House recaptures the flavor of the open campfire. Steaks, chicken and seafood, chargrilled to perfection. Complete with breads, soups and desserts, made from scratch daily. The Salt Grass Trail Ride was initiated in 1951 by four individuals as a means to promote what was then called the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo. The original ride was from Brenham, Texas, to Houston. Today, the Salt Grass begins in Cat Spring, Texas, and travels 90-plus miles to Houston, culminating with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The Salt Grass Trail Ride, Texas' oldest and longest trail ride covering nearly 100 miles on horseback over eight days, makes a few concessions to modern times but preserves and playfully celebrates Texas' history of cowboys and horses, cowboy hats and stampede strings, and wagons and campfires. This avowed city girl, contentedly addicted.
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PRARIE VIEW SALT GRASS SAM HOUSTON SOUTHWEST SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS CATTLEMEN'S TEXAS INDEPENDENCE THE SPANISH VALLEY LODGE 2023 AWARDS SPIRIT AWARD Texas Independence DIVISION I AWARD (Large Trail Ride: 145+ participants) Prairie View Trail Ride DIVISION II AWARD (Medium Trail Ride: 50-144 participants) Valley Lodge Trail Ride DIVISION III AWARD Texas. Local Legacies Project Celebrating Community Roots: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. The History of the Salt Grass Trail Ride Cooking out on the trail, Inaugural Salt Grass Trail Rise, 1952, between Brenham and Houston.
The Salt Grass Trail Ride of today boasts nearly 30 wagons and over 1500 riders on horseback. The reiders, stretched out single file for the distance of a mile or so, always present a colorful picture as they go down the trail. Large crowds are always waiting at each town the ride passes through. 8:15 a.m. KATY, TX (Covering Katy News) - Those taking part in the historic Salt Grass Trail Ride will spend the night at Katy Park on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The Saltgrass Trail Ride is the oldest of the iconic trail rides that lead from all directions to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Nan's Notes The Salt Grass Trail Ride
Salt Grass Trail Ride The Salt Grass Trail Ride has been around for 71 years, based in Cat Spring, Texas. Their 1,000 riders and 24 wagons travel 105 miles to Houston. The Salt Grass Trail Ride is the "Daddy-Of-Em-All", started in 1952, as the kick-off event for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the biggest rodeo event inthe United States. It reenacts the trail ride of pioneer cattlemen and their herds to Houston from the rich salt grass pastures on the Texas Gulf Coast. More than 6,000 riders participate.
