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Bermuda Valley Farm

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Schulenburg, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 39' 56.38034000016", -96° 55' 17.83688000016"
 
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     Site of noted race track (50 yards N) laid out 1889 by Dr. I. E. Clark, State Senator and physician who owned this farm. Although he had planned a 1/2-mile oval track, the course he traced (free style) in his buggy measured 5/8 mile. Later it was graded, using mule-drawn Fresnos (old-fashioned scoops for moving earth). The track was chartered 1894 by the state for the Schulenburg Livestock and Fair Association. Famous horses ran here in its heyday. Here, too, Clark and son Harvey bred 2 of Texas' most famous horses Orb and My Dandy. Cars later raced here.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Bermuda Valley Farm Historical Marker Location Map, Schulenburg, Texas