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Where’s the Beef?

by | Apr 1, 2003 | Travel & Preservation

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The cowboys, longhorns and chuck wagon on the bluff two miles south of Caldwell, Kansas, aren’t making any progress. Since 1995, this trail herd has been pointed north at the same spot just east of the railroad tracks. The marker commemorating the life-size silhouette sculpture Ghost Riders of the Chisholm Trail notes: “So life-like is the scene, observers are certain they have noticed both dust and sounds coming from the bluff area.” Uh-huh. And that waddie with the lariat looks just l


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