Editing Chisholm Trail (section)

{{Short description|Historic trail in the central United States used for cattle drives}}
{{Other uses|Chisholm Trail (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
[[File:1873 Map of Chisholm Trail with subsidiary trails in Texas.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1873 Map of Chisholm Trail with Subsidiary Trails in Texas (from [[Kansas Historical Society]])]]

The '''Chisholm Trail''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɪ|z|əm}} {{respell|CHIZ|əm}}) was a stock trail and wagon route used in the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] era to [[Cattle drive|drive cattle]] overland from ranches in southern [[Texas]], across the [[Red River of the South|Red River]] into [[Indian Territory]], and northward to rail stops in [[Kansas]]. The trail consisted of a pathway established by [[Black Beaver]] in 1861 and a wagon road established by [[Jesse Chisholm]] around 1864. "The Chisholm [[Wagon road|Wagon Road]] went from Chisholm's trading post on the south [[Canadian River]] (north of [[Fort  Arbuckle (Oklahoma)|Fort Arbuckle]]) to the [[Cimarron River (Arkansas River tributary)|Cimarron River]] crossing, to the [[Arkansas River]] at the future site of [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] where Chisholm had another trading post and on north to [[Abilene, Kansas|Abilene]]," according to the Kraisingers. By 1869, the entire trail from Texas to Kansas became known as the Chisholm Trail.<ref name="gmk">{{cite book |last1=Kraisinger |first1=Gary |last2=Kraisinger |first2=Margaret |title=The Shawnee-Arbuckle Cattle Trail 1867-1870 |date=2016 |publisher=Mennonite Press |location=Newton, Kansas |isbn=9780975482827 |pages=54,86-88}}</ref><ref name="sh">{{cite book |last1=Hoig |first1=Stan |title=Jesse Chisholm, ambassador of the Plains |date=1991 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman |isbn=9780806136882 |pages=133-134,148-150}}</ref>