[DOC] [TLE] Cattle drives in the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] Cattle drives were a major economic activity in the 19th-century American West, 
particularly ... Therefore, drovers took their herds up through the eastern edge of 
Kansas; but ... Therefore, the 1866 drive failed to reach the railroad and the cattle 
herds ... to take the place of the former trail driving of Texas cattle north to market. [DOC] [TLE] Cattle Drives Started in Earnest After the Civil War | Texas Almanac [PAR] But there also were cattle of British origin, brought west by Anglo-American 
colonists from the East Coast by way of Northeast Texas. ... Legendary ranchman 
and trail driver Charles Goodnight invented the chuckwagon in 1866 for ... 
County about 1866, crossing Central Texas toward the markets and railheads in 
Kansas. [DOC] [TLE] Texas Cattle Drives - Genealogy Trails [PAR] Between 1871, when Abilene ceased to be a cattle market, and 1884 the trail 
might .... J. Marvin Hunter, Trail Drivers of Texas (2 vols., San Antonio: Jackson 
Printing, ... Of the principal routes by which Texas longhorn cattle were taken 
afoot to ... Several drovers took their herds up through the eastern edge of 
Kansas; but... [DOC] [TLE] CATTLE TRAILING | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State ... [PAR] Cattle trailing was the principal method of getting cattle to market in the late 
nineteenth ... Although their heyday was from 1866 to 1890, organized livestock 
drives to ... and safer Shawnee Trail through Indian Territory either to Kansas City 
or to ... Railroad connections with northern and eastern markets, available in 
Texas... [DOC] [TLE] The Cattle Folk Story | Texas State History Museum [PAR] By the 1800s, longhorn cattle roamed Texas by the millions. ... Enter the cowboys 
who herded more than 10 million cattle to market ... speckled-coated British-bred 
cattle moving west from the eastern U.S coasts. ... their herds north on the now-
famous trails that stretched from far south Texas to the Kansas railroad towns. [DOC] [TLE] Texas History|Texas Trail Drives|Chisholm & Goodnight-Loving Trails [PAR] Photo of early-day cowboy on a trail drive through Texas ... their herds because 
Texas was so isolated from all Confederate states east of the Mississippi River. ... 
Many longhorn cattle drives from Texas to markets in Nebraska and Kansas took 
... Trail drivers were cowboys who moved cattle from a home range to a distant... [DOC] [TLE] Ch. 21 Section 1 and 2 Notes KEY [PAR] Tejano ranchers staged the first cattle drives in Texas, herding groups of ... Cattle 
that sold for $3 or $6 a head in Texas, sold for $38 in Kansas or $80 in New York. 
... To reach these additional markets, Texas ranchers needed a way to get their ... 
This trail led from South Texas through Indian Territory to Sedalia, Missouri. [DOC] [TLE] Chisholm Trail - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society [PAR] Cattle drives from Texas started as early as 1836 with some ranchers using this 
method to ... for beef didn't lessen but there was no way to get the cattle to the 
east coast. ... In 1861 Kansas also had prohibited the driving of cattle from Texas, 
however, .... Stores. 6425 SW 6th Avenue  Topeka, KS 66615-1099  785-272-
8681... [DOC] [TLE] Chisholm Trail Final 6/6/02 (Page 1) - Texas Historical Commission [PAR] Trail. Through songs, stories and mythical tales, the Chisholm Trail has become a 
vital feature ... associated with the legendary cattle-driving route. ... Work on the 
cattle trail was often a grueling and lonely affair, but cowboys were a fraternity  
proud of their ... reach the Kansas ... THE CATTLE MARKETS ... eastern Kansas. [DOC] [TLE] Great Western Cattle Trail - Denton ISD [PAR] Old Texas Trail - was utilized from 1874 for the movement of cattle to markets. 
East. The trail began ... destination of Dodge City, Kansas, about 45 miles north 
of Indian Territory. Some historians ... pointed the cattle east to the crossing on 
Big Elk Creek. ..... Cheyenne-Arapho Reservation and brought his new wife Effie 
there. [DOC] [TLE] Texas Trail Photos - Wyoming Tales and

Question: To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail
Answer: the Chisholm Trail