Crossing the Brushy Creek at the Round Rock

Since the first bridge across Brushy Creek was not constructed until after 1890, the large “round rock” in Brushy Creek just southeast of #2 Chisholm Trail marked a good place for Native Americans, cattle drives, and stagecoaches to cross the creek. Wagon wheel ruts are still visible in the exposed rock between #2 Chisholm Trail and Brushy Creek, probably carved by wagon trains and/or wagons laden with stone from a nearby quarry. Chisholm Trail was once called Old Stagecoach Road. According to local legend, #2 Chisholm Trail served as a stagecoach stop