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Black plaque № 25878

Albany, TX, United States

Black plaque № 25878

The Western Cattle Trail Crossings at Fort Griffin Cattle have been important to Texas' economy since early Spanish mission days. Before and after the Civil War, routes developed for driving herds through Texas to sell in Missouri and Kansas. The best known was the Eastern, or Chisholm Trail, but ca

ttlemen continued seeking new trails and markets. In 1868, members of the Barber Watkins Reynolds family drove cattle to New Mexico and California from the Fort Griffin area. In 1874, John T. Lytle dr

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