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Black plaque № 8669

Decatur, TX, United States

Cattle Trail Crossing Near this site ran one of the many “feeder” branches of the famous Chisholm Trail, best-known of all the cattle trails that once linked the vast grasslands of Texas with the meat-hungry markets of the North. The original trial, which stretched from the North Canadian to the Ark

ansas River, was blazed in 1865 by Jesse Chisholm, a half-Scottish and half-Cherokee trader. The 220-mile route, soon taken up by drovers, was extended north and south. Branches all the way from the R

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