Principal cattle trail from Texas to Kansas and beyond from 1876 to 1887; superseded the Chisholm Trial after Dodge City replaced Abilene as the main intermediate northern beef market.
As its name implies, the Western Trail ran west of the . . . — — Map (db m187155) HM
Organized March 1880 with 12 members: Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Bandy, Mr. Banteau, Miss May Boone, Judge and Mrs. R. J. Browning, Mr. and Mrs. Buck McEwen, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ransom, Mr. and Mrs. Windy Turner.
Early services were held in Baylor . . . — — Map (db m187154) HM
Created February 1, 1858 Organized April 23, 1879
Named in honor of Dr. Henry W. Baylor
1818-1854
Indian fighter and Ranger Captain served in the Mexican War.
Seymour, the County Seat — — Map (db m178509) HM
Bailey County was created August 21, 1876, and named for Peter James Bailey, a Kentucky lawyer killed at the Alamo during the Texas War for Independence.
This was thinly settled cattle country; Bailey was attached for judicial purposes to . . . — — Map (db m73670) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
