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Wheelock Texas Pioneer Days A Success!

This weekend is the annual Pioneer Days Celebration and fund raiser for the volunteer fire department and today's turnout seemed pretty substantial for this great little community just outside of Franklin, Texas at the Wheelock community. Ponytails and pistols, gospel and bluegrass, horse rides for the kids, lots of arts and crafts, and plenty of good BBQ were just part of the days festivities to celebrate the old pioneer days of Wheelock, Texas. Some lore and some facts say that Wheelock missed being the capital of Texas by just a couple of votes. Others say that in its heyday it was rather wild with over 20 saloons...of course a saloon could have consisted of a makeshift lemon aid stand type bar with one bottle , 2 glasses and a barkeep. Still today it is a wonderful and history filled little bedroom community. Many folks commute daily to Bryan-College Station and Texas A and M University from Wheelock.

For information on land and homes availiable in Wheelock and other surrounding communities in Robertson County ...contact a Robertson County esident:

Milam F. "Trey" Thurmond
Broker, CRB, GRI, SRES

Classic Realty Associates
3600 Hwy 6 South , Suite 100
College Station, Texas 77845
(979) 694-8844 -110
Cell: (979) 229-8465
Fax: (979) 694-2299
trey@txcyber.com

Posted by Trey Thurmond, College Station , Texas Homes on 10/24/2009 11:07 PM

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10 Comments on Wheelock Texas Pioneer Days A Success!

OCT

Pioneer Days in Wheelock sounds like my kind of event. Hope you had fun!

Shirley

Not only was it a fun event but an exceptionally Beautiful and cool day today!

Howdy there Trey

Go to pioneer days, sure makes for a fun time. And I sure do miss being a part of the westen show of one. Back home I was always in the gun fight, that was put on at the local ones. Baker Home Commercial Properties Inspections and Consulting AR Signature

Hello Trey,

This sounds like one great event to me! My kind of thing...guess we all love Texas, right?

OCT

Trey - I had no idea you lived in a county that was named after my family. We're infamous, you know. <wink>

Sounds like it is a great way for the community to have fun and share some culture.

Trey,

Neat!

Thanks for sharing.

Bill

Trey: I had never heard of Wheelock, TX before this blog. That certainly would have been an easy one to remember if it had ended up being the state capital.

Trey, I love learning about the smaller communities like in Robertson County. You are such the specialist for bringing these celebrations to us all and the great photos as well...

Dale I can sure see you as a wild west re enactment gun fighter!

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