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Title
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Gettin' Along on the Texas-Chisholm Trail
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Description
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Article describes modern travel along the Texas-Chisholm Trail, from Kingsville,Texas, to Abilene, Kansas. This trail, among others from Texas to Kansas and Missouri (such as the lesser known Western and Sedalia Trails), was a key road for transporting livestock north. Author mentions that the man after whom the Chicholm Trail is named, Jesse Chisholm, was not a cattleman, nor did the trail he blaze enter Texas.
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Date
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2004-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Stock Yards: Many Improvements Made During Past Four Years
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Description
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Review of the improvements made at the plant of the Kansas City Stock Yards Company between 1915 and 1919. Specific mention made of the stock hog vaccinating plant. Statistics are provided on size of yards, amount of space per kind of animal, number of animals housed, and cost of utilities. Includes photos of animal pens, outside of buildings, and the process of hog vaccination.
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Date
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1920-01-13
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
