If you ever get a chance, they have some great exhibits at “Frontier Texas” in Abilene. The Comanche shield with the three different colored braids is really cool to see. It’s a little hokey, but still worth the visit. The Panhandle-Plains Museum in Canyon is top of the line and must see for folks interested in this part of the world.
Yep. Frontier Texas is a great place to visit. The Holographic “guides” are a little hokey, but the artifacts and gun exhibits are first class. It’s all about the trail of TX Frontier Forts established in the 1850’s to protect the early pioneers from the Comanches. The Buffalo herd experience in the surround theatre is awesome. Nice little Bookstore inside too.
Best of all, it’s free.
Also, Ft Chadbourn, 50 miles S of Abilene on Hwy 277 is one of the best of the old restored TX Forts to visit. It has one of the largest collections of arrowheads and guns in the State.
It is privately owned, but still State funded, and still free to visit. It’s been featured on Fox Business News “Strange Inheritance “ TV Show, and a couple of other TV documentary’s.
