The Old Chisholm Trail - Fort Worth TX
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sfwife
N 32° 47.325 W 097° 20.772
14S E 654867 N 3629078
This marker can be found in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Waymark Code: WM78DF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2009
Views: 18
Text of Marker:
This trail post commemorates and marks the locatin of the Great Eastern Cattle Road, known commonly as the Old Chisholm Trail, as it left Ft. Worth and headed north toward Red River Station and Indian Territory. It is identical to 400 Chisholm Trail posts placed across Oklahoma (Indian Territory) from 1990-1997 by Robert L. (Bob) Klemme of Enid, OK, to mark the exact trail from Red River Station to Kansas, set during the Chisholm Trail Roundup, 16 June, 2000.
Group that erected the marker: Robert L. (Bob) Klemme Enid OK and the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, Duncan OK
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Exchange Ave.
Fort Worth, TX USA
76101
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