Trail Riding Event

The Trail is ridden each year by riders from at least 8 different states and is one of the last true adventures in Texas today. The Original Texas Star Trail from Fredericksburg, Texas, is a weeklong trail-riding event starting around the first week of March in each year.

Original Texas Star Trail
The ride covers a route used by former settlers when they needed to go to the Texas capital in Austin. The trail still has some of the wagon tracks left by former travelers.

Beginning of the Ride
The ride proceeds to Luckenbach, where an official Trail Ride dance is held for the riders in the dance hall with traditional music. The next day, the ride heads for Stonewall with a camp at Burges's Corner, with activities in the afternoon.

The Trail Continues
The ride proceeds along the banks of the Pedernales River through the ranch of our late President Lyndon B. Johnson, with a tour of the Texas White House at the first morning break. Camp that evening is at the Five Hands Ranch, a ranch just south of Johnson City, on Flat Creek Rd.

More Heights
The next day brings the traveling at the highest elevations through numerous ranches, arriving in Blanco with an old-fashioned parade around the Court House and other entertainment and camping in Yett Memorial Park Rodeo Arena.  A raffle and team ropping exhibition will be held that night.

The Rest of the Ride
Next, the ride goes to Cowboys for Jesus Church in Fisher for a night of Christian entertainment. Then the following day, the trail goes to Wimberley, Texas, with camp at the VFW Hall, and a layover with a wagon-driving contest and ranch sorting the following day, in the Rodeo Arena. On Saturday, the last day of the ride, the trail ends just outside of Austin, in the community of Driftwood

Contact us about our annual ride through historic Texas.