It was the Chisholm Trail.
After the Civil War, Jesse Chisholm established a route from South Texas to Abilene, Kansas, which became known as the Chisholm Trail. The trail crossed Brushy Creek at the infamous 'round rock,' which is the origin of the name of the city.Literally after a round rock in a creek.
Chisholm Trail. (:
That would have been the Chisholm Trail.
The address of the Eisenhower Presidential Library And Museum is: 200 Se 4Th St, Abilene, KS 67410
The Chisholm Trail was a trail that was used to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas rail heads during the late 19th century. The trail is named for Jesse Chisholm, who had built several trading posts in what is now western Oklahoma.
Established in 1881 by cattlemen, Abilene, Texas was named after Abilene, Kansas, which was the original endpoint for the Chisholm Trail.
the chisholm trail a trail from san antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to kansas
The Chisholm Trail started from Laredo on the Rio Grande. It went north near San Antonio, Temple, Waco, Fort Worth, through Oklahoma and on to Abilene Kansas. There were a number of minor trails leading to the Chisholm trail. Since the land south of San Antonio is desert, that area did not support very many cows. Some writers consider that the trail began at San Antonio.
The Chisholm Trail ended in Abilene, Kansas. It had numerous points of origin dependent on drovers and herds.
The 600-mile Chisholm Trail was used extensively until 1871. Illinois cattle buyer Joseph G. McCoy laid out the trail along an old trade path initially developed by merchant Jesse Chisholm. It ran north from San Antonio to Fort Worth, Texas, through Oklahoma and ended at Abilene, Kansas.
After the Civil War, Jesse Chisholm established a route from South Texas to Abilene, Kansas, which became known as the Chisholm Trail. The trail crossed Brushy Creek at the infamous 'round rock,' which is the origin of the name of the city.Literally after a round rock in a creek.
Chisholm Trail. (:
The Chisholm Trail was a major route in the old west. It connected Texas and Kansas. It connected Kansas City to San Antonio.
The Chisholm Trail began in Austin (The Rio Grand) Texas, went through Oklahoma and ended in Abilene or Newton or Wichita Kansas.
That would have been the Chisholm Trail.
· Abilene, Kansas · Abilene, Texas
Cows, cowboys, wranglers and Native Americans all used the trail between Texas and Abilene beginning in 1867 as a cattle trail. The route is named for Jesse Chisholm who used existing Indian routes which generally follow the Current US Highway 81 across Oklahoma from the Red River to Kansas. Chisholm established a series of trading post in Oklahoma which supplied the route although he never used the trail himself to drive cattle to market.