Queen of the Cattle Trail

Come view our Brand new permanent Chuckwagin exhibit in the Parks-Janeway Carriage House!

Come stop by the Parks-Janeway Carriage House to celebrate the new installation!

The “Queen of the Cattle Trail exhibit, an 1870 chuck wagon, was donated by museum board president Tina Hansen McEnroe, who says she and her husband have had this wagon on their Santa Ynez ranch for years.

“My husband and I really wanted to share this with more people and have them discover what the Wild West was all about,” she said.

Named the “Queen of the Cattle Trail” this wagon was used by beef herders out on the range to house supplies.

“So this would be the home where the chuck wagon and the outriders and the person who was the cook would come and they would have their bedrolls and they would cook here, and this was their home away from home,” Hansen McEnroe explained.

The “Queen of the Cattle Trail” will be a permanent museum fixture along with 40 other wagons dating back to 1850.

Many thanks to Board President, Tina McEnroe and her husband Paul for donating the authentic Chuckwagon, and additional gratitude to both the McEnroe’s and members Pat and Ginger Povah for funding the installation.