Explore Texas’ history at 1800s adventure sites!

A system of marked trails and pathways begins and ends at Sprinkle Corner, and your Walking Tour of Texas’ colorful past should begin on the porch of the General Store. The tour moves from one landmark to another. Travelers should stay on pathways at all times. Each of the 10 historic sites depict specific periods in Texas history.

• 1899: Sprinkle Corner represents small rural community at the turn of the last century, featuring historic buildings and exhibits

• 1892: Freedman’s Farm, home of the Dodson Family, a site just beginning restoration that will showcase the successes of emancipated slaves, with the future site of a rural church nearby

• 1886: Cotton Planter’s Farm, home to the Bell Family, a prominent Texas family, including dependencies, barns, gardens and outbuildings

• 1878: Texian Farm, home of the Jourdan Family that highlights the can-do spirit of early Anglo settlers from Eastern States

• 1873: Stagecoach Stop, an actual stage cabin that displays the travails and surprises of early-day travel

• 1871: Chisholm Trail site allows you to stand where the famous trail moved north from Austin, with Longhorn cattle on the prairie nearby

• 1866: German Emigrant Farm, home of the Kruger Family that shows how early European settlers made Texas their home

• 1853: Tejano Farm, a future site that will depict Texas’ historic ties to Mexico and Hispanic culture and its strong influence on modern life

• 1844: Tonkawa Encampment, a real First Peoples historic site that shows how Texas’ original settlers lived and flourished

• 1839: Republic Overlook depicts what Texas was like when Republic President Mirabeau Lamar chose Austin as Texas’ new capital, while actually standing on adjacent bluffs along Walnut Creek