Longhorn Cattle Drive - Grenola, KS
Posted by: YoSam.
N 37° 20.882 W 096° 26.976
14S E 725905 N 4136533
75 miles closer to Chisholm Trail than other Kansas towns, this one plotted to bring the business here.
Waymark Code: WM9037
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2010
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Stone Marker Near Mural has this text:
1881 to 1884 Grenola, Kansas became the largest single cattle shipping point in the United States. The "Southern Kansas - Railroad" was built between the two small towns of Canola and Greenfield about 6 mi. apart. The two towns closed ranks and took Grenola as the city name using the "Gre" from Greenfield, and "Nola" from Canola. As this was about 75 mi. shorter drive for the cattle, droves began coming in.