Great Western Trail - Downtown - Throckmorton, TX
Posted by: QuesterMark
N 33° 10.743 W 099° 10.632
14S E 483480 N 3671150
The town of Throckmorton is on the Great Western Trail (aka the Great Western Cattle Trail) as indicated by this concrete post marker in Pioneer Plaza across from the Throckmorton County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WMWTAA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2017
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From the sign next to the concrete post,
GREAT WESTERN TRAIL
The Great Western Cattle Trail began around 1876.
While not as well known as the Chisholm Trail,
the Great Western actually moved more longhorns,
an estimated 6-7 million, to the northern markets.
The last cattle drive on the Great Western Trail was in 1894,
when 9,000 head of cattle were driven to South Dakota.
Today, the Trail roughly parallels US Hwy 183/283 N.
The Great Western Cattle Trail was the setting for the
novel and TV Show, "Lonesome Dove".