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Joseph McCoy
At the end of the Civil War when millions of longhorns were left on the plains of Texas without a market, the Union Pacific was building west across Kansas. Joseph McCoy, an Illinois stockman, believed these cattle could be herded north for shipment by rail. He built yards at Abilene and sent agents to notify the Texas cattlemen. In 1867 the first drives were made up the Chisholm Trail and during the next five years more than a million head were received.
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Frenzeny & Tavernier
This engraving, copied from Harper's Weekly magazine, shows a group of cowboys with their horses gathered in front of the John Dunscomb and Ward McKee Company stores. The illustration is credited to both Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier.
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