Chisholm Spring, Oklahoma

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Jesse Chisholm

Chisholm Spring was a small trading post in Oklahoma Territory, two miles east of present-day Asher, Oklahoma. The post was established by frontier cattleman Jesse Chisholm (for whom the famous Chisholm Trail was named [1] ) in 1847. The settlement attracted many plains Indians, but efforts to create a town were aborted when Chisholm moved to Kansas in 1862. [2]

Oklahoma Territory territory of the USA between 1890-1907

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Asher, Oklahoma Town in Oklahoma, United States

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Jesse Chisholm

Jesse Chisholm was a mixed-blood Scottish-Cherokee fur trader. His name is most famous because of the namesake cattle trail, which he originally scouted and developed to supply his various trading posts among the Plains Indians in what is now western Oklahoma. Although Chisholm died before the heyday of the Texas-to-Kansas cattle drives, he was nevertheless a participant in several important events in Texas and Oklahoma history.

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References

  1. ↑ "Asher Police Chief Vigilant...". Shawnee News-Star. 9 Sep 1989.
  2. ↑ "This is Oklahoma". Oklahoma's Orbit (Oklahoman). 6 March 1960.


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