Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs
 

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Identifier

2010204055

Approximate Date

January 1975

Description

This color photograph features the Chisholm Trail marker at West Fourth and Plum in Newton in 1975. Photographer is facing east.

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.

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Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

J. Birch Stuart Collection, Photo Box 22 Harvey County Historical Society & Museum

Comments

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Language

eng

Transcription

Chisholm Trail Beaten hard by the hoofs of milions of Longorns coming from as far as southern Texas between the years of 1867 to 1871. This trail wound northward approximately one-half mile east of here. In one year alone over 600,00 cattle were herded north over this trail to the railhead at Abilene for eastern markets. The Santa Fe coming to Newton in 1871 made Newton the cow capital of the midwest.

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Keywords

Historical markers, Chisholm Trail, Harvey County (Kan.), Newton (Kan.)

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