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Gettin’ Along on the Texas/Chisholm Trail

by | Apr 1, 2004 | Travel & Preservation

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Jesse Chisholm was no cattleman, and the trail he blazed didn’t enter Texas but stretched from the Red River in present-day Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas. These days, however, the Chisholm Trail is synonymous with Texas, so I’m starting this drive way down south in Kingsville. If you think I’m going to pass up Tex-Mex enchiladas, chicken-fried steaks and Shiner Bocks, you’ve got another think coming. I’m following the Texas/Chisholm cattle trail to Abilene, Kansas, which was the end o


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