Show old chisholm trail the old chisholm trail was named after a half breed cherokee Lher okee indian by the name of jesse ahls holm who first used the trail in the to transport supplies for trading with the indians it came into prominence as a cattle trail when joseph mccoy established a cattle market on tl e old kansas I 1 railroad at abilene 1 kan an in 1807 1867 hundreds of thousands tho Is of head ot crittle ci ittle ft ere driven north over this trail strictly speaking the real chisholm trail extended from the souti ern line of oklahoma at the I 1 ed river crossing crossl ns i p agh in dian than territory and entered kansas hansas near caldell cald nell kan lan J J at A |