chisholm trail

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A former cattle trail from San Antonio, Texas, north to Abilene, Kansas. It was important from the 1860s to the 1880s, when it fell into disuse following the expansion of the railroads and the introduction of barbed-wire fencing. the Chisholm Trail a path used for moving millions of cattle from Texas to Kansas during the 1800s. 19th-century route for cattle drives from Texas to Kansas, probably named for the trader Jesse Chisholm (1806?-1868?). The trail ran from south of San Antonio, across Oklahoma to Abilene, Kan., where a railhead was established in 1867. Between 1867 and 1871 1.5 million head of cattle were driven north over the trail to be shipped to markets in the East. After the 1880s the trail's importance declined as other railheads were established
a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s
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