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Cattle drives and the Chisholm Trail (1866–1887)

Cattle drives and the Chisholm Trail (1866–1887)

  1. Post–Civil War cattle surplus drives demand for trails

    Labels: Texas cattle, Post-Civil War

  2. Jesse Chisholm’s trading route becomes a trail corridor

    Labels: Jesse Chisholm, Indian Territory

  3. Early cattle drives begin using the route north

    Labels: Drovers, Chisholm Trail

  4. Joseph G. McCoy builds Abilene railhead for cattle

    Labels: Joseph G, Abilene Kansas

  6. First major Abilene season demonstrates the boom

    Labels: Abilene season, Longhorns

  8. Chisholm Trail traffic peaks at Abilene railhead

    Labels: Chisholm Trail, Abilene Kansas

  9. Abilene restricts Texas cattle, pushing drives to new railheads

    Labels: Abilene Kansas, Local ordinance

  10. Quarantine boundaries are revised as settlement expands

    Labels: Kansas law, Quarantine boundaries

  11. Dodge City rises as a cattle-shipping center

    Labels: Dodge City, Fort Dodge

  12. Quarantine line shifts west, strengthening Dodge City’s role

    Labels: Quarantine shift, Dodge City

  13. Santa Fe Railroad reaches Caldwell, reviving trail importance

    Labels: Santa Fe, Caldwell Kansas

  14. 1885 Kansas statute tightens controls on “Texas fever” cattle

    Labels: Kansas statute, Texas fever

  15. 1886–1887 winter disasters hasten the open-range collapse

    Labels: 1886 1887, Open range

  16. Chisholm Trail era ends as railroads replace long drives

    Labels: Chisholm Trail, Railroads