The old Chisholm Trail : from cow path to tourist stop / Wayne Ludwig.

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The Old Chisholm Trail charts the evolution of the major Texas cattle trails, explores the rise of the Chisholm Trail in legend and lore, and analyzes the role of cattle trail tourism long after the end of the trail driving era itself. The result of years of original and innovative research--often u...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nancy and Ted Paup '74 ranching heritage series.
Main Author: Ludwig, Wayne, 1954- (Author)
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Nancy and Ted Paup '74 ranching heritage series.
Subjects:
Chisholm Trail > History.
Cattle trails > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Cattle drives > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > History, Local.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Cattle drives.
Cattle trails.
Frontier and pioneer life.
United States > Chisholm Trail.
West United States.
Chisholm trail > History.
1800-1899
History.
Local history.
Genre:
History.
Local history.
Physical Description:xviii, 307 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Texas cattle trails
  • Sea lions and old Texans
  • Quarantines and cattle ticks
  • Life on the trail
  • The earliest trails
  • Two Chisholms and a Chisum
  • Jesse Chisholm blazes a trail
  • A new outlet
  • Chisholm's Trail
  • Chisum's trail
  • The Fort Griffin or Dodge City Trail
  • The end of the trails
  • The Chisholm Trail from newsprint to Hollywood
  • From Chisholm's Trail to Meridian highway
  • Marking the Chisholm Trail
  • Old chestnuts and white lies
  • National historic trails and Santa Claus.