Kansas Pacific Railway : the best and shortest cattle trail from Texas

Details network of minor Texas cattle trails leading to the "Ellsworth Cattle Trail" and "J.S. Chisum's Trail" and their connections to the Kansas Pacific Railway and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Covers Texas, Oklahoma, and parts of Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico on the Great Plains of the western United States. Issued folded at end of accompanying text: Guide map of the best and shortest cattle trail to the Kansas Pacific Railway : with a concise and accurate description of the route, showing distances, streams, crossings, camping grounds, wood and water, supply stores, etc., from the Red River crossing to Ellis, Russell, Ellsworth, Brookville, Salina, Solomon and Abilene. Title page undated; front cover dated 1875. Accompanying text signed, p. 11: T.F. Oakes, G.F.A.; printed by Ramsay, Millett & Hudson, Kansas City, Mo. Scale [ca. 1:2,990,000] Former owner's inscription: E.B. Morgan, Denver, Colr.

Original Collection:

Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library)

Citation

Kansas Pacific Railway Company, "Kansas Pacific Railway : the Best and Shortest Cattle Trail from Texas" (Kansas City, MO : K.C. Lith. Co., 1875). VAULT Graff 2275

Newberry Call Number:

VAULT Graff 2275

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Geographic Area Covered:

United States, West, Great Plains, Texas

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : col. ; 53 x 38 cm., folded in cover to 15 x 9 cm. + 1 guide (21 p. ; 17 cm.)

Digital Image Rights Holder:

Newberry Library

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