Phantom City of the trail
By Jim Gray
By 1869 the Texas cattle trail, later known as the Chisholm Trail, introduced cattlemen to the southern plains, a region previously known only to native tribes and enterprising frontiersmen. The Chisholm Trail actually took its name from a trader who regularly used a portion of the route in transporting his trade goods. Jesse Chisholm had been on the plains for decades before Texans happened upon his trade route on their way to the railroad corral at Abilene, Kan.
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