Chisholm Trail Historical Marker

Creator

Preview

Identifier

2010204057

Approximate Date

January 1975

Description

This color photograph features a marker in rural Harvey County in 1972. The Chisholm Trail marker is located on Kansas Highway 15 approximately a half mile north of 96th Street.

Physical Description

2" x 2" photograph

Subject

Historical markers, Chisholm Trail, 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

Harvey County Historical Museum

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

"Chisholm Trail Historical Marker" (1975). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 577.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/577

Language

eng

Transcription

Approximately two miles east of here was the Fort Smith, Ark. to California road, sometimes called the Cherokee Trail. About six miles east was an earlier branc. This was an old Indian trail. It was heavily used by emigrants traveling to Oregon and California beginning in early 1849 and was abandoned during the Civil War.