2007-06-28 15:45:58 · 3 answers · asked by confusilated 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I would like a source please. This is for a serious purpose.
2007-06-28 15:49:12 · update #1
does 14-17 weeks seem about right?
2007-06-28 16:15:29 · update #2
1,200 mile route at about 10-12 miles per day.
2007-06-28 15:56:29 · answer #1 · answered by tweaky2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"According to Donald E. Worcester, in the Handbook of Texas Online, "After trailing techniques were perfected, a trail boss, ten cowboys, a cook and a horse wrangler could trail 2,500 cattle for three months for 60 to 65 cents a head. This was far cheaper than shipping by rail."
The Chisholm Trail started either at the Rio Grande River or San Antonio and made its way North (along what is now US Highway 81 or Interstate 35) through Texas and Oklahoma to various Kansas railroad towns--from 1867 to 1871, Abilene, Kansas, and later Newton and Wichita, Kansas, and finally from 1883 to about 1885, Caldwell, Kansas. The cattle grazed along at between ten to twelve miles per day.
One added note pulled from the "Waco Tribune Herald" (July 4, 2007):
"Chisholm Trail Day"-- The Bell County Museum is having a "Chisholm Trail Day" for children entering kindergarten and first grade from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, beginning at Confederate Park and ending in Yettie Polk Park in Belton.
The event will include a mock cattle drive, crafts and refreshments.
Cost is $5. Space is limited. For more information or to register, call . . .
Apparently, the Chisholm Trail is still with us (sans cattle) in very abbreviated form.
2007-07-03 00:20:08 · answer #2 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can google the question. It took 2 - 3 months, depending upon weather attacks by rustlers, etc.
2007-06-28 23:05:56 · answer #3 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋