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IT WAS A SCENE contrasting the old days and the new as more than 1 00 riders on horseback, in wagons and surreys made their way along a pasture road under the back drop of 78 wind turbines.
The Louis Brooks Ranch, 12 miles southeast of Sweetwater, provided the scenic terrain for the 2009 fall trail ride.
Each year, two trail rides take place as fundraisers for the West Texas Rehabilitation Center. The 2010 Spring Trail Ride is scheduled for April 17-18 on the Alexander Ranch, north of Abilene.
The Alexander Ranch was founded in 1901 when Dr. Jim Alexander, a pioneer Abilene physician and surgeon, purchased a piece of land on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River in the Nugent area of Jones County.
Dr. Alexander was bom in a two-story log home near Spring Hill, Tennessee on Sept. 1 8, 1 867. He first came to Texas in 1884 and became Abilene's...