The Chisholm Trail was a cattle drive route between South Texas and Central Kansas, the nearest rail line at the time. Bolivar was about half-way along its 800-mile length. The Old Chisholm Trail with Subsidiary Trails in Texas, 1873, drawn by A. W. Ziegelasch (1893–1930). Download and cleanup by Steve Meirowsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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