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Map of major cattle trails, with the Great Western Trail in the center. The Great Western Cattle Trail is the name used today for a cattle trail established during the late 19th century for moving beef stock and horses to markets in eastern and northern states.
Hiking trails in Kansas (2 C, 2 P) O. Oregon Trail (3 C, 113 P) R. Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas (3 P) S. Santa Fe Trail (76 P)
1873 Map of Chisholm Trail with Subsidiary Trails in Texas (from Kansas Historical Society). The Chisholm Trail (/ˈt͡ʃɪzəm/ CHIZ-əm) was a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in southern Texas, crossed the Red River into Indian Territory, and ended at Kansas rail stops.
A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861–1865; Cutler, William G. (1883) History of the State of Kansas; Dick, Everett. Vanguards of the Frontier: A Social History of the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountains from the Earliest White Contacts to the Coming of the Homemaker; Goodrich, Thomas. Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre
What Kansas Means to Me: Twentieth-Century Writers on the Sunflower State (University Press of Kansas, 1991) Cordier, Mary Hurlbut. Schoolwomen of the Prairies and Plains: Personal Narratives from Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, 1860S-1920s (1997) online; Missouri Pacific Railway Company. Facts about Kansas: a book for home-seekers and home-builders.
Dodge City, famously known for the cattle drive days of the late 19th century, was built along the old Santa Fe Trail route. The city of Liberal is located along the southern Santa Fe Trail route. The first wind farm in the state was built east of Montezuma. Garden City has the Lee Richardson Zoo.
The Abilene Trail was a cattle trail leading from Texas to Abilene, Kansas. Its exact route is disputed owing to its many offshoots, but it crossed the Red River just east of Henrietta, Texas, and continued north across the Indian Territory to Caldwell, Kansas and on past Wichita and Newton to Abilene. The first herds were probably driven over ...
This is a list of all National Historic Landmarks designated by the U.S. government in Kansas.There are 26 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Kansas. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.