Chisholm Trail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Chisholm Trail
Named after Jesse Chisholm (1806–68), American scout
Example Sentences
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But the cows also found a way to cross and many have been seen wandering on the Chisholm Trail in the city.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2023
“We still get people coming in every week asking if they’re for sale,” said BriAnn Boruszewski, a leasing consultant at the Oaks on Chisholm Trail.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
Eisenhower’s presidential library gives the town a hint of prairie rectitude, though it had a pre-Ike past as the end of the Chisholm Trail for 1860s cattle drovers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2021
A cattle baron fights with his foster son on the first cattle drive up the Chisholm Trail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2020
An unworshipful, anti-Philistinic picture of Abilene, Kansas, when it was at the end of the Chisholm Trail.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank)
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