Brown Bag Lunch Series: The Greatest Cattle Trail of All
The Western Trail, used from 1874 to 1897, carried an estimated six to eight million cattle along its diverging pathways. Many of the herds were used to create today’s historic ranches on the northern Great Plains. It included nine states, northern Mexico and western Cananda and gave rise to famous sites such as Doan’s Crossing, Dodge City, Ogallala and Fort MacLeod. The Western Trail system superseded even the Chisholm Trail, lasting longer, carrying more cattle and covering a greater distance than any other cattle trail. Hear from Michael Grauer, McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture and Curator of Cowboy Collections and Western Art, as he shares the story of the greatest cattle trail of all!