The Day Schulenburg Welcomed a Flying Bull

Schulenburg’s Carnation Badger the Flying Bull has earned a place in Texas history as one of the most audacious publicity stunts ever.
Schulenburg’s Carnation Badger the Flying Bull has earned a place in Texas history as one of the most audacious publicity stunts ever.

Only 26 years after the Wright Brothers made their first flight, Schulenburg, Texas, welcomed Carnation Badger the Flying Bull. The dairy yearling reached the Central Texas town after a 1,232-mile journey from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on April 3, 1929. That audacious Texas-sized publicity stunt thrilled thousands.

Carnation Badger the Flying Bull, whose official pedigree name was Carnation Badger Aer…