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Texas Brazos Trail Highlights Historic Chisholm Route
The Brazos Trail links 15 Texas counties over 588 miles from Waco to Salado and beyond. Notable stops include the Stagecoach Inn near Salado, Baylor University in Waco, Cameron Park, Lake Waco, Fort Parker area, and Gatesville’s giant mesquite tree. The series notes towns like Mexia, Groesbeck, Marlin, Calvert, Navasota, College Station, Elgin, Belton, and Gatesville, with historical sites tied to the Chisholm and Forest trails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Oklahoma
Abilene
Kansas
Austin
Waco
Salado
Sam Houston
Lee
Custer
James Brothers
Central Texas Area
Stagecoach Inn
John Connally
Bastrop
Bell
Bosque
Brazos
Burleson
Coryell
Falls
Limestone
Grimes
Robertson
Travis
Lennan
Madison
Williamson
Brazos River
Texas
Baylor University
Armstrong-Browning
Elizabeth Barrett
Robert Browning
Brooklyn Bridge
Cameron Park
Lake Waco
Mexia
Fort Parker State Park
Old Fort Parker
Cynthia Ann Parker
See
Quanah Parker
Lake Mexia
Navasota
Groesbeck
Marlin
Calvert
Normangee
College Station
Texas A&m University
Old Dime Box
Deauville
Paige
Elgin
Taylor
Bartlett
Holland
Belton
Mary Hardin - Baylor College
Summers Mill
Bell County
Belton Reservoir
Gatesville
Fort Hood
Free World
The
American Forestry Service
Turnersville
Valley Mills