Joseph McCoy
(1837-1915)
- Convinced Texas cattlemen to bring herds to newly built railroad in Kansas
- Businessman who built hotel, stockyard, office, and bank
- Established Abilene as railhead on the Chisholm Trail
- Promoted ranchers to send two million head of Texas longhorns through Abilene in four years
- Called himself “The Real McCoy”
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