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Identifier
2010204398-2
Approximate Date
January 1969
Description
This color photograph features the old-style Chisholm Trail marker on Highway 15 north of Newton. It has sunflowers and words carved into it.
Physical Description
2" x 2" photograph
Subject
Historical markers, Harvey County (Kan.), Newton (Kan.)
Rights
© Harvey County Historical Museum. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. To request permission, contact info@hchm.org. Please credit Harvey County Historical Museum as your source.
Publisher
Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
J. Birch Stuart Collection, Photo Box 22 Harvey County Historical Society & Museum
Repository
Recommended Citation
"Old Style Chisholm Trail Marker" (1969). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 1027.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/1027
Language
eng
Transcription
Historical Marker The Chisholm Trail. At the close of the Civil War when millions of longhorns were left on the plains of Texas without a market, the Union Pacific was building west across Kansas. Joseph McCoy, an Illinois stockman, believed these cattle could be herded over the prairies for shipment by rail. He built yards at Abilene and sent agents to notify the Texas cattlemen. The trail he suggested ran from the Red river to Abilene but took its name from Jesse Chisholm, Indian trader, whose route lay between the North Canadian river and this vicinity. In 1867 the first drives were made and during the next five years more than a million head moved north past this place. Eventually the railroads and the barbed wire of settler closed the long trails. But the cowboys of these great drives, living in the saddle for more than a month, swimming flooded rivers, fighting night stampedes, have become the heroes of an American epic. Erected by Kansas Historical Society and State Highway Commision.
Keywords
Historical markers, Harvey County (Kan.), Newton (Kan.)
Comments
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