FORT WORTH (CBS11) - The Cowtown culture that defines Fort Worth today dates back 150 years -- to a time before the Stockyards developed. The Chisholm Trail put Fort Worth on the map. Glancing around ...

Cattle drives were as much a part of South Texas lore in the 19th century as the prickly pear patches of nopal and mesquite groves. After the Civil War, a variety of cattle trails evolved as ranchers ...

Early one February morning, nine history buffs huddled on the south shore of Lady Bird Lake. They carried with them maps in paper and digital editions. Egos left snugly at home, they readily shared ...

This year, 2017, marks the Chisholm Trail’s 150th anniversary. The Chisholm Trail is the greatest migration of livestock in world history that relocated cattle from South Texas through Oklahoma all ...

The Old West and everything people associate with it – cowboys, cattle drives, cowtowns and cowboy hats – started in Kansas. That will become even more evident this year as the Chisholm Trail – which ...

The late Tom Frazee was instrumental in getting the Chisholm Trail marked from the Oklahoma state line to Abilene. File photo Eagle file photo The possible national designation of two Kansas cattle ...

This photograph depicts a cattle drive en route for the Kansas Pacific Railway. History enthusiasts are supporting plans to place the Chisholm and Western trails in the National Historic Trails system ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Wednesday introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to designate the Chisholm and Western cattle trails as National Historic Trails.

Jesse Chisholm never knew there was a trail named after him. He had been dead at least a year when the name “Chisholm Trail” started showing up in newspapers. Moreover, he didn’t even drive cattle. So ...