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Tag Archives: Chisholm Trail
Hell’s Worth of Wickedness in One Cowtown
Frontier Towns, Chapter 4: Ellsworth, Kansas “As we go to press, hell is still in session in Ellsworth.” That’s a famous newspaper headline dating from 1873 about the situation in Ellsworth, Kansas. Ellsworth may have been situated along the … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Animals, architecture, cities, civility, commerce, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, shipping, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged cattle drives, Chisholm Trail, cowtown, Ellsworth, Kansas, National Drovers Hall of Fame
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Frontier trailhead towns of the Old West
During the great migration of emigrating pioneers across the America’s western frontier, certain towns became the primary staging and supply points for settlers, wagon trains, stagecoaches, cattle drives, and communications. These trailhead towns were key to the development of the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, cities, commerce, Communications, culture, geography, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, States, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged cattle drivers, cattle drives, Chisholm Trail, cities, emigration, frontier, history, migration, Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, Overland Trail, pioneers, pony express, Santa Fe Trail, settlers, Smoky Hill Trail, stagecoaches, towns, trails, wagon trains
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