The Western Cattle Trail System, 1874-1897
This system map shows the largest trail network developed. It superseded the Shawnee Trail System. Through the years, drovers created various branches in order to deliver their herds. These numerous routes within the system are discussed in our second book, The Western Cattle Trail, 1874-1897, Its Rise, Collapse, and Revival.
Limited supply in our inventory.
Map created by Gary Kraisinger
Artwork by Robby McMurtry
Price includes tube and shipping.
The Western Cattle Trail System, 1874-1897
Poster-size -24” x 36” printed on heavier paper; rolled and shipped in a tube
Unlike the State maps, a cattle trail system map shows the entire network of various trails —branches, splinter routes, off shoots—that stem from a trunk line originating in Texas.
As circumstances changed through the years, drovers created new branches but the trunk line stayed the same.