Definition of Chisholm trail

1. Noun. A former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s.

Generic synonyms: Cattle Trail
Group relationships: Kansas, Ks, Sunflower State, Lone-star State, Texas, Tx

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chisholm Trail

Chippewa
Chippewaian
Chippeway
Chippeways
Chippewyan
Chirag
Chiricahua
Chiricahua Apache
Chiricahuan
Chiricahuas
Chirico
Chirocephalus
Chiron
Chironomus
Chiroptera
Chisholm Trail
Chishona
Chisinau
Chislev
Chisox
Chita
Chitahuri
Chittagong
Chittagong District
Chittagong Division
Chittagonian
Chittoor
Chiwere
Chlamydera
Chlamydera nuchalis

Literary usage of Chisholm trail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
"76 THE OLD chisholm trail Come along, boys, and listen to my tale, ... I woke up one morning on the old chisholm trail, Rope in my hand and a cow by the ..."

2. A Book of Ballads, Old and New by Guido Hermann Stempel (1917)
"fc i COME along, boys, and listen to my tale, I'll tell you of my troubles on the old chisholm trail. Coma ti yi youpy, youpy ya, youpy ya, Coma ti yi youpy ..."

3. A History of Oklahoma by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, Isaac Mason Holcomb (1908)
"HE chisholm trail. —In the spring of 1865 Jesse Chisholm* laid out a trail from ... It soon became known as the chisholm trail and afforded a wagon route to ..."

4. Songs of the Cowboys by Nathan Howard Thorp (1921)
"THE OLD chisholm trail The origin of this song is unknown. There are several thousand verses to it — the more whiskey the more verses. ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1901)
"A Stampede on the chisholm trail BY Ë. A. BRININSTOOL Drawings by /.. Maynard Di.von The chisholm trail was one of the old-time cattle trails which ran from ..."

6. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"According to WP Anderson the Old chisholm trail was named after a ... Siringo in A Lone Star Cowboy gives the following as the origin of the chisholm trail. ..."

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