Chisholm trail

Map of the Chisholm Trail

Great great grandpa drove the chuckwagon

The Chisholm Trail has left a permanent hoof print on the culture and heritage of western Oklahoma. Travel along this famed trail to experience the stories of pioneering cattle drives on a legendary piece of the Old West.

Monument Hill at Addington; a Chisholm Trail memorial.

I am wondering about the Chisholm Trail today because on this day back in 1868 the founder of that trail, Jesse Chisholm, passed away bringing an interesting time in U.S. western history to an end. He died of food poisoning, accidental, I am sure. Jesse Chisholm was born in Tennessee (wasn't Davy Crockett born in that state, too). His father was Scottish and his mother was a Cherokee. He was not a cattleman, although the trail named for him later became a major cattle trail from Texas to…

- The largening economy and population was demanding beef after the Civil War. - A new type of cattle named the Texas Longhorn was bred. It had horns of tremendous length and could withstand creul...

"The Old Chisholm Trail: From Cow Path to Tourist Stop" by Wayne Ludwig and "Texas Irons: Guns of the Texas Rangers" by Robert Moser

***Pick up your FREE Activity Pack*** On our list of 'places to visit soon' is the Chisholm Trail Museum in Duncan, OK. We're going to start studying it ahead of time, and are sharing the unit with you now, too! The Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland, from ranches in Texas to railroads in Kansas. The portion of the trail marked by Jesse Chisholm went from his southern trading post, near the Red River, to his northern trading post near Kansas…