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Chisholm Trail Heritage Center

Chisholm Trail Heritage Center

By the end of the Civil War, Union and Confederate forces had consumed most of the beef east of the Mississippi. Joseph McCoy and Jesse Chisholm blazed a new trail in order to bring cattle safely across Indian Territory and the legendary Chisholm Trail was born.

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