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Chisholm Trail

 
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–noun
a cattle trail leading N from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kan.: used for about twenty years after the Civil War.
Origin:
named after Jesse Chisholm (1806–68), American scout
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Chisholm Trail  
A former cattle trail from San Antonio, Texas, north to Abilene, Kansas. It was important from the 1860s to the 1880s, when it fell into disuse following the expansion of the railroads and the introduction of barbed-wire fencing.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Chisholm Trail 
1866, from Jesse Chisholm (c.1806-68), halfbreed Cherokee trader and government agent who first plied it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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