Site of Western Cattle Trail
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 27.098 W 099° 46.327
14S E 427428 N 3590760
Texas Historical Marker noting the passage of the Western Cattle Trail through this area. The marker is in a pullout on the north side of South 1st Street, Abilene, TX, just west of S Leggett Drive.
Waymark Code: WMVN79
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/07/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 4913

Marker Text:
The main route -- 1876 to 1887 -- for several hundred thousand longhorns driven north to stock ranches and Indian reservations and to supply beef market. Was also called Dodge City Trail, for its main terminus; or Fort Griffin Trail, for the site where feeder trails joined. This major branch began in South Texas, passed the western outskirts of Abilene, and from here moved northeast to Fort Griffin. An alternate route ran to the Red River, then to Kansas. Use of the trail ceased after fenced ranges blocked route, and Texas & Pacific Railway arrived. (1968)
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