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Chisholm Trail. 1873 Map of Chisholm Trail with Subsidiary Trails in Texas (from Kansas Historical Society) The Chisholm Trail (/ˈt͡ʃɪzəm/ CHIZ-əm) was a trail used in the post- Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in southern Texas, crossed the Red River into Indian Territory, and ended at Kansas rail stops.
The Jesse Chisholm Grave Site is a commemorative site in rural Blaine County, Oklahoma. Located about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Geary on the east side of the North Canadian River, the site is the accepted location of the burial of Jesse Chisholm (c. 1805 -1868), a well-known mixed-blood Cherokee trader for whom the Chisholm Trail is named.
Chisholm Trail Museum. The Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher, Oklahoma is a museum that celebrates the Chisholm Trail. It also incorporates the historic Governor Seay Mansion. The museum gives a clear timeline of the trail. [1] Separate from the museum is a life-size statue of Jesse Chisholm, in the middle of downtown.
Jesse Chisholm (circa 1805 - March 4, 1868) was a Scotch - Cherokee fur trader and merchant in the American West. He is known for having scouted and developed what became known as the Chisholm Trail, later used to drive cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas in the post-Civil War period. Chisholm used this trail to supply his trading posts ...
The Chisholm Trail Heritage Center is a museum in Duncan, Oklahoma, [1] which celebrates the historic Chisolm Trail. Among other exhibits, it features the Paul Moore bronze “On the Chisholm Trail,” which stands nearly 15-feet high atop its immense base and stretches almost 35-feet across the horizon. [1] Separate from the museum, Trail Ruts ...
A modern small-scale cattle drive in New Mexico. Cattle drives were a major economic activity in the 19th and early 20th century American West, particularly between 1850s and 1910s. In this period, 27 million cattle were driven from Texas to railheads in Kansas, for shipment to stockyards in St. Louis and points east, and direct to Chicago.
Kingfisher is a city in and the county seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma,. [4] The population was 4,903 at the time of the 2020 census. [5] It is the former home and namesake of Kingfisher College. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Kingfisher is now primarily a bedroom community for people employed in Enid and ...
The Great Western Cattle Trail is the name used today for a cattle trail established during the late 19th century for moving beef stock and horses to markets in eastern and northern states. It ran west of and roughly parallel to the better known Chisholm Trail into Kansas, reaching an additional major railhead there for shipping beef to Chicago ...