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Thursday, Congressman Frank Lucas of Cheyenne (OK-03) joined Representative Ron Estes (KS-04) in introducing legislation to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Western National Historic Trail and the Chisholm National Historic Trail.
The Great Western Cattle Trail runs north and south prominently through western Oklahoma.
In a statement, Congressman Lucas said “As our country expanded westward, the Chisholm Trail and the Western Trail became critical lifelines for the people of the Great Plains. Cattle ranchers across Western Oklahoma have always played an integral part throughout Oklahoma’s history, establishing a number of local economies across the Plains through trade and transportation,” said Congressman Lucas. “Designating these trails as historic trails will not only preserve the significance of these trails in Oklahoma and across the Great Plains, but it will also allow us to continue to educate future generations of Am
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A Cattle Train by any Other Name The namesake of the Chisholm Trail was not a cattleman.
Jesse Chisholm
Western pioneer Jesse Chisholm is best known for the Texas to Kansas cattle trail that bears his name. And that’s ironic: Jesse never drove cattle in his life.
He was a trader, starting and working various trading posts in the Indian Territory. After the Civil War, Chisholm used an old military and Indian trail that was capable of handling heavy wagons full of goods. But it really didn’t get named until after Jesse died of food poisoning in 1868. And at that point, the route was given his name.