Chisholm Trail


When the railroads moved west to the Great Plains, the "Cattle Boom"
began. Southern Texas became a major ranching area with the raising of longhorn
cattle from Mexico. Cattle was branded by the rawhides who guarded them on
horseback on the ranges.

Before the Civil War, small herds of Texas cattle were driven by the
cowboys to New Orleans, some as far west as California, and some to the north
over the Shawnee Trail. This trail passed through Dallas and near the Indian
Territory, ending in Sedalia, Missouri. In 1866, the Shawnee Trail presented
some major problems for the cattle drivers Farmers along the route did not like
their fields being trampled. They also objected to the spread of tick fever.
Longhorns carried the ticks but were immune to the fever. A few farmers were so
angry, they armed themselves with shotguns to convince the cattle ranchers to
find another trail north.

There was a large increase icattle by the end of the Civil......

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