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Jesse Chisholm

(1806-1868)

  • Born in Tennessee, of Cherokee descent
  • Before Civil War, operated trading posts in what is now western Oklahoma
  • Called the man with a straight tongue because he could be trusted
  • Indian trader, guide, and interpreter
  • Chisholm Trail named for him, which ran cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads

Find more information about the Chisholm Trail on Kansapedia; Jesse Chisholm and the Chisholm Trail on Kansas Memory; and the February 1936 issue of Kansas Historical Quarterly, "The Chisholm Trail."

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