Editing Chisholm Trail (section)

==Overview==
Texas ranchers using the Chisholm Trail had their cowboys start cattle drives from either the [[Rio Grande]] area or [[San Antonio]]. They joined the Chisholm Trail at the Red River, at the border between Texas and the [[Oklahoma Territory]]. They continued north to established railheads of the [[Kansas Pacific Railway]] in [[Abilene, Kansas]], where the cattle were sold and shipped eastward. The trail is named for Jesse Chisholm, a multiracial trader from Tennessee of [[Cherokee]] and [[Scottish people|Scottish]] descent. Together with scout Black Beaver, he developed the trail to transport his goods from one trading post to another. The two men were the first to drive cattle north along this route.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fch32|title=CHISHOLM, JESSE|first=RICHARDSON, T.|last=C.|date=12 June 2010|website=tshaonline.org|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021221017/https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fch32|url-status=live}}</ref>