RANCH HISTORY
Crow's Nest Ranch on the Old Spanish Trail
FINE ART AND HISTORY ON A FAMILY RANCH
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Ft. Davis gallery owner, artist Roxa Medley Robison ranches the same Davis Mountains terrain her pioneer ancestors settled over a century ago.
The ranch begins sixteen miles SW of Fort Davis, Texas. Its rugged sections spill across the mountains cut by the Davis Mountains Scenic Loop, Texas Highway 166, which follows the old Butterfield Overland Trail. This historic trade route between El Paso and San Antonio includes part of the Comanche War Trail. Conquistadors traveled the region long before Pilgrims landed in the New World. Native Americans lived and hunted these mountains for thousands of years before Big Bend country became a tourist destination.
Roxa and her family are proud of their land's rich heritage. This unique Ft. Davis gallery, hidden high in the mountains in the Old Spanish Trail art complex on Crow's Nest Ranch 16 miles SW of historic Fort Davis and a mile N of Scenic Loop166 is one way of preserving and sharing rich traditions passed down with the land.
A gallery visit offers you the opportunity to visit a working cattle ranch located on the historic trade route through Far West Texas.
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Welcome to the last frontier!
Scenery Surrounds Old Spanish Trail Gallery and Museum
Open the drawers and compartments of this authentic 1880's ranch chuckwagon, and you'll find utensils enough to cook a meal or two. Cowboys hauled everything they needed for meals in wagons such as these. The cook ruled this wagon like a king. The wooden cask hauled drinking water; a tarp covering protected the interior from the wind and weather.
Artist Roxa Medley Robison is also a rancher. Like most ranchers, this native Far West Texan is resourceful and adept at multi-tasking, and there's no telling what she was doing before driving across the ranch to meet you at the gallery.
Across from OSTG and behind the studio, the ranch kitchen hosts family gatherings and holidays. Roxa and her son, Bill Max Robison built this authentic Native American adobe horno (oven) between the studio and the kitchen. A cherished family tradition is baking Indian bread and pizza in the oven before Christmas.
Open the drawers and compartments of this authentic 1880's ranch chuckwagon, and you'll find utensils enough to cook a meal or two. Cowboys hauled everything they needed for meals in wagons such as these. The cook ruled this wagon like a king. The wooden cask hauled drinking water; a tarp covering protected the interior from the wind and weather.