Karen Sturm to present “Caldwell: 150 years along the Chisholm Trail” at 6:30 p.m. Monday
Sumner Newscow report — On Monday, August 28, Karen Sturm of Caldwell, will present “Caldwell : 150 Years Along the Chisholm Trail” to the Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Society members and visitors at 6:30 p.m. in the Wellington Public Library’s meeting room, 121 W. 7th, Wellington. For questions, please contact Jane at 620-447-3266 or Sherry at 316-833-6161.
After the Civil War was over, when Texas had more cattle than money and the states in the war-ravaged parts of the north and eastern part of the United States were short on beef, there were men and women who saw an opportunity to make money.
One hundred and fifty years ago, men and women with an entrepreneurial spirit rounded up the Texas longhorn cattle, branded them, and headed them north to railroads in Kansas to be shipped to eastern markets.
Thousands of cattle and hundreds of men, (and a few women,) traveled the Chisholm Trail north to the railroads, first at Abilene, then later in Ellsworth, Newton, Wichita, and in Sumner County, Caldwell and Hunnewell.
In September, to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Chisholm Trail, longhorns will once again be rounded up and headed north to Kansas. Sturm will share information about Caldwell’s Cowtown days as well as the events that Caldwell has planned for the 2017 celebration.
For more information, go to www.ks-schgs.blogspot.com and for more Chisholm Trail 150 events, go to: http://chisholmtrail150.org/events/.
