Cuero Texas

Heritage, History, and Hospitality

Cuero, a classic Texas town, always welcomes visitors to its historic location in the Coastal Bend along highways 183S and 87S. DeWitt County, also known as the Wildflower Capital of Texas, as designated by the 1998 Texas Legislature, hosts visitors to view the over 1,000 different flora species in April. The DeWitt County Wildflower Association celebrates with many activities that educate and inform visitors of the wildflowers in the County. Each April color-coded route maps and a colorful guide are available at the Wildflower headquarters located in the county museum. Docents provide daily updates of the best routes to see and photograph. Additionally, the month long exhibit features fresh
wildflowers displayed in unique bottles and jars and labeled with their three different names: species, common, and family. As a birding bonus Cuero is site #28 on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail; maps are available at the Chamber of Commerce office. Visit www.dewittwildflowers.org for more information.

Cuero’s major festival is the Turkeyfest Celebration.Held the second full weekend of October, it  celebrates Cuero’s designation as “Turkey Capital of the World”, when many of the farmers produced turkeys over fifty years ago. Diverse entertainment includes a giant parade, arts and crafts, food booths, carnival, zany turkey contests, street dances and fun for the whole family. Most famous is the “Great Gobbler Gallop”, the turkey race known the world over, between Worthington, MN’s Paycheck and  Cuero’s Ruby Begonia. The two heat race, one in each town, averages the time determining the winner of the ‘Traveling Turkey Trophy of Tumultuous Triumph’ as well as the title ‘World’s Fastest Turkey’.
Visit www.turkeyfest.org for more information.

During the holidays bring your family and friends and experience Cuero’s “Christmas in the Park” lighted driving tour. The tour includes hand-painted Christmas displays, a twinkling trail of lighted
snowflakes, and a mile long tour featuring Christmas trees, gingerbread houses and lighted silhouette scenes sponsored by local businesses, schools, community organizations and individuals of Cuero. “Christmas in the Park” begins the fourth Monday of November and continues throughout the holiday season. It is located on Highway 87 South in Cuero’s Municipal Park.

Cuero also boasts four successful museums: DeWitt County Historical Museum, Cuero Heritage  Museum, Reuss Pharmacy Historical Pharmaceutical Museum, and the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum (opening 2010).

Wildlife abounds in DeWitt County that includes deer, turkey, quail, dove, squirrel, and wild hogs and other game animals. More than 70,000 acres of ideal habitat is managed for wildlife.

With over 60 homes and churches listed on the National Registry of Historic Structures and Texas Historical Commission Registry, self-guided driving tour maps can be found at the Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, 124 E. Church.

For more information call 361-275-2112 or visit our website www.cuero.org.