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This item, written by Kansas City Star editor Charles Cecil Howes, concerns the Chisholm Trail, its origins, and its impact on Kansas. Howes explains that the Chisholm Trail was named after Jesse Chisholm who, along with James R. Mead, "freighted goods over the trail for years." According to Howes, Chisholm was a "half-breed Indian who engaged in the trading business for many years and established several trading posts in the Indian Territory [most of the land west of the Mississippi during that period]."
Creator: Howes, Cecil, 1880-1950
Date: 1940-1950
Item Number: 220178
Call Number: Charles Cecil Howes Coll. #393, Box 1, Folder: "Jayhawk Sketches"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220178
Collections - Manuscript - Howes, Charles Cecil
Date - 1940s
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Article
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cherokee
People - Notable Kansans - Chisholm, Jesse
People - Notable Kansans - Howes, Charles Cecil
People - Notable Kansans - Mead, James R.
Places - Cities and towns - Abilene
Places - Cities and towns - Caldwell
Places - Cities and towns - Clearwater
Places - Cities and towns - Ellsworth
Places - Cities and towns - Newton
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Places - Counties - Ellsworth
Places - Counties - Harvey
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Sumner
Places - Other States - Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
Places - Rivers - Little Arkansas River
Places - Rivers - Missouri
Type of Material - Printed materials - Article
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