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Chisholm Trail

Grant County
Location: One mile north of Pond Creek on Highway 81, on the west side of the road (DAR)
Coordinates: 36.6807398,-97.804301
Material: Other (Stone with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indian and Frontier Trade; American Indians; Ranching; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

A pioneer merchant, trader, and explorer, Jesse Chisholm, a Cherokee, established the trail through western Indian Territory before the Civil War. Texas cattlemen used the trail until the late 1880s to move millions of cattle to northern markets. The trail ran from Montague County, Texas, to Abilene, Kansas.

Chisholm Trail

Grant County
Location: Approximately 400 feet west of Eighth Street in Pond Creek on Highway 81, on the north side of the road (DAR)
Coordinates: 36.666028, -97.812611
Material: Other (Stone with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Daughters of the American Revolution
Topics: American Indians; Indian and Frontier Trade; Ranching; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

A pioneer merchant, trader, and explorer, Jesse Chisholm, a Cherokee, established the trail through western Indian Territory before the Civil War. Texas cattlemen used the trail until the late 1880s to move millions of cattle to northern markets. The trail ran from Montague County, Texas, to Abilene, Kansas.

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