What significance did the Chisholm Trail play in the West?

Question

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Answer 1

In the decades following the Civil War, more than six million cattle were herded from Texas to the railhead in Kansas in one of the greatest known migrations of animals in the United States.

These 19th-century cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail only lasted twenty years, but had tremendous impact across the country: it lifted Texas out of post-Civil War poverty, provided much-needed affordable beef to the Northeast, and gave birth to the classic American cowboy legend.

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Answer 2

Until railroads were extended south into Texas, it was the way to get cattle to railheads in Kansas, and thus to Chicago and points east. If you have the chance to see it, you might like Howard Hawks' Red River (47 or 48).

Answer 3

it helped with transportation of cattle

Answer 4

http://www.vlib.us/old_west/trails/cthist.html

http://www.over-land.com/trwest.html

http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1936/36_1_rossel.htm

http://www.historynet.com/culture/wild_west/3027466.html?featured=y&c=y

http://ceil.rootsweb.com/transportation/trail-links.htm