Texas ranchers using the Chisholm Trail had their cowboys start cattle drives from either the Rio Grande area or San Antonio. In the years of the cattle drives, cowboys drove large herds from ranches across Texas to the Red River Station and then north to Kansas City. The northern terminus was a trading post near Kansas City, Kansas. The southern terminus was Red River Station, a trading post near the Red River along the northern border of Texas. They collected and drove numerous cattle along the trail to Kansas, where they could be shipped east to achieve higher prices. The trail was established by Black Beaver, a Lenape guide and rancher, and his friend Jesse Chisholm, a Cherokee merchant. The Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the post- Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. 1873 Map of Chisholm Trail with Subsidiary Trails in Texas (from Kansas Historical Society) For other uses, see Chisholm Trail (disambiguation).
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