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Round metal marker in front of a building saying Going Up the Texas Chisholm Trail 1867

Marker in front of Brooks County Courthouse, Falfurrias.

Round metal marker attached to a bridge saying Going Up the Texas Chisholm Trail 1867

Marker on the Waco Suspension Bridge. 1936 (TxDOT)

Granite marker saying “In Memory of the Trail Drivers of Southwest Texas who passed away 1867 – 1887” in a park with full size bronze longhorn cattle

1936 Texas Centennial marker in Yoakum.

Woman standing next to a round metal marker saying The End of the Lost Trail - Going Up the Texas Chisholm Trail 1867

End of the Lost Trail, at International Bridge, Brownsville. c. 1940

: Three men standing next to a 5 foot tall white post labeled Chisholm Trail

In recent years there again have been efforts by private citizens to mark the route of the Chisholm Trail.

Narrative marker titled P.P. Ackley and the Texas Chisholm Trail

Texas Historical Commission subject marker related to the Chisholm Trail in Donna.

Marking the Chisholm Trail

Almost from the day the last steer went up the Chisholm Trail, folks have sought to preserve the stories of the brave men and women of the cattle drive era. Tales of adventure were passed down from ranchers and drovers to the next generation while dime novels sensationalized the cowboy for the nation.

Physical markers began to appear in 1936 when P.P. Ackley and the Texas Longhorn Chisholm Trail Association placed dozens of metal and granite markers up the Chisholm Trail to commemorate its route.

The exact route of the Chisholm Trail may always be debated, but this mobile app is just the latest effort celebrate the legacy of the adventurous cowboys and enterprising cattlemen who blazed this legendary trail.

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