Is it Chili Yet - Grapevine, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 56.212 W 097° 04.693
14S E 679666 N 3645925
The 16 foot by 38 foot mural is on display in Historic Downtown Grapevine along Main Street, on the south side of Tolbert’s Restaurant.
Waymark Code: WMZ939
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2018
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Local News OnlyThe mural depicts a common scene from the 1880s, when the cattle came in from the Eastern trail to join with the herds traveling up the Chisholm Trail to Kansas. Denton Creek Bottoms, just north of the Grapevine Township, was a natural holding area for cattle herds before joining the migration along the Chisholm Trail. Denton Creek Bottoms is a mile from downtown Grapevine and now the bottom of Lake Grapevine. The scene also depicts “cocineros” or “coosy,” the Spanish word for trail cook. As the cowboys, or drovers, held the cattle steady, the “coosy” prepared the meal in Dutch ovens for the drovers. Chili was a meal staple along the trail.