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Western Cattle Trail |
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| The Western Cattle Trail (from 1876 to 1877) was the main route for several hundred thousand longhorn cattle being driven north to stock ranches & Indian reservations and to supply the northern beef markets. The trail was also called the Dodge City Trail (for its main terminus) or the Fort Griffin Trail (for the site where the feeder trail joined.) It began in South Texas and passed what were then the Western outskirts of Abilene and connected with the Chisholm and Goodnight Trails. Fenced ranges and the arrival of the T & P Railroad, to this area, caused the drives to cease. |
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