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Visitors can take in the history of the Chisholm Trail in Wichita by visiting Old Cowtown Museum, the Wichita/Sedgwick County Historical Museum and the Delano clock tower in Wichita’s Historic Delano District, located near The Monarch. The tower’s four panels showcase Jesse Chisholm, the namesake of the Chisholm Trail.
Jesse Chisholm (circa 1805 - March 4, 1868) was a Scotch - Cherokee fur trader and merchant in the American West. Chisholm is known for having scouted and developed what became known as the Chisholm Trail, later used to drive cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas in the post-Civil War period.
20 Αυγ 2017 · In 1861, Jesse Chisholm used the trail to help members of the Wichita Indian tribe and other pro-Union Indians flee Confederate soldiers from the Wichita Mountains area to resettle in the area that would become Wichita, Kansas.
25 Ιουλ 2017 · Wichita sits as one of the many stops along the trail, rich in the history and culture of the Wild West. There are several events happening in 2017 to commemorate the 150 th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail. You can learn more about Jesse Chisholm and his role in its creation here.
A regular on the route was trader Jesse Chisholm, who had a ranch in Wichita, Kan. Traders originally called the route the Abilene Trail and the Kansas Trail but soon switched to calling it the Chisholm Trail; the name stuck.
5 Ιουλ 2020 · JESSE CHISHOLM: THE MAN. Although Jesse Chisholm died before the heyday of the Texas-to-Kansas cattle drives, his participation in several important Texas and Oklahoma historical events led to becoming the namesake of the legendary trail.
On September 5, 1867, the first load of cattle were shipped via rail from Kansas. The trail would eventually be called the Chisholm Trail. Named for Jesse Chisholm, an Indian trader, the Chisholm Trail was so named because a portion of it followed Chisholm's trade routes.
