Museum preserves valuable history
One reader encourages people to visit the Butler Longhorn Museum.
I recently stopped by Butler Longhorn Museum in League City. Still in its developmental stages, the museum workshop truly is a sight to behold. We saw the world's largest display of longhorn cattle mounts. That's the truth.
Jennifer Wycoff-Van der Wal, who is in charge, has compiled the horns. Lots of them are head and horns and even a full body mount.
League City at one time had a majority of ranchers and farmers. We know how hard our folks worked to preserve this land so kids could play sports on it today. We know, because we are older and heard our parents talk about the difficult times. The dedication is only a small example of the determinatibn our folks had for hardships that were facing them. The longhorn cattle are just as tough.
Unfortunately, our history lesson has gotten lost in the shuffle of city politics. Jennifer and friends are so dedicated to the project. There are lots of cattle people who have promised to back the museum. She is open to all contributions. We took her a load of old horseshoes, chains, hooks, tongs, rakes and whatever. She was thrilled to death.
Genevieve Weyer League City
