USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chisholm Trail, 19th-century cattle drovers’ trail in the western United States. Although its exact route is uncertain, it originated south of San Antonio, Texas, ran north across Oklahoma, and ended at Abilene, Kansas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jesse Chisholm created the famous “Chisholm Trail” in 1865. Cowboys and vaqueros brought cattle up north on his trail the first time in 1866. When Jesse Chisholm started his trail in 1865 it began near San Antonio.

Detailed explanation-3: -They were the Shawnee Trail, the Chisolm Trail, the Western Trail, and the Goodnight-Loving Trail. Hundreds of thousands of longhorn cattle were driven up these trails to be shipped to markets across the United States. Texans have been making moves and working hard for generations.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Lytle blazed this new trail in 1874, and through the 1880’s and 1890’s, over 300, 000 head of cattle, 7, 000 horses and over 1, 000 men moved north on the Great Western each year.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Western Trail, the last and longest of the major routes for driving Texas cattle to northern markets, has existed in the shadow of the famous Chisholm Trail, which ran approximately 100 miles farther east. The trail had many names as it moved north 2, 000 miles.