Western history celebration will be after Stock Show parade

City kids can enjoy a bowl of campfire beans and a cowboy storyteller after the Stock Show parade Jan. 17. The annual Western Heritage Trail Drive celebration runs from noon to 4 p.m., covering two blocks between Belknap and Taylor streets in the Two City Place parking facility. The Score a Goal in the Classroom school incentive program is sponsoring the free event. "Our purpose is to educate this generation of children and their families about our rich Western heritage and its values," said Ernie Horn, executive director of Score a Goal in the Classroom. The walk-through event will cover the history of Fort Worth from 1849 to the present, Horn said, with presentations and performances by American Indians, Hispanic cowboys, Buffalo Soldiers, the Cowboys of Color, Civil War re-enactors, chuck wagon cooking teams and North Texas schoolchildren. Pam Minick of Billy Bob’s Texas will receive the Western Heritage Cowtown Legend Award, and rancher John Merrill will be honored with the Western Heritage Trail Boss Award.