The Chisolm Trail

Turn of the Century: McCoy's Idea and Chisholm Trail

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A young cattle shipper from Illinois named Joseph McCoy, came up with the idea of

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of cattle north through Texas and Oklahoma, and ending in ___________________________

in Kansas.

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In Kansas, the cattle would be placed on

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and transported east.

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In the 1800s, a part -

Cherokee Indian trader named Jesse Chisholm made a wagon trail in

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.

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In 1867, the

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herd was driven along this route –from the Red

River in San Antonio to the railroad in Abilene.

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It’s estimated that

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cattle were herded up the Chisholm Trail from 1867 to 1885.