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In 1990 Bob Klemme started
marking the Chisholm Trail in Oklahoma. Placing a white concrete post on each section where the trail crosses. Beelie Biehler and
Matthew Mitchell marked the Kingfisher county trail since 1997.
You can also visit
www.thechisholmtrail.com
or The Chishom Trail Museum in Kingfisher, OK		 Yearly number of cows
trailed out of Texas -
1867 - 35,000
1868 - 75,000
1869 - 350,000
1870 - 300,000
1871 - 600,000
1872 - 350,000
1873 - 405,000
 1874 - 166,000
1875 - 151,618
1876 - 321,998
1877 - 201,159
1878 - 265,646
1879 - 257,927
1880 - 394,784
1881 - 250,000
According to C.H. Rust, a cattle drover, river crossings were
50 - 100 yards wide.
In 1881 profits were $3-$5 per head
According to W.B.Hardeman, a drover, Regular
drovers worked 18hrs/day.
Bad days, drovers worked 24hrs/day.
Drovers collected $30/month.
The Old Chisholm Cow Trail spread out 1-2 miles in width.
Time on the trail was 60-90 days from Texas to
Ellsworth, KS
C.H. Rust recollects the rivers and creeks he crossed driving cattle up the Chisholm Trail.
"after crossing Red River I strike the line of Nation Beaver Creek, thence to Monument Rocks leading on to Stage Station, to head of Rush Creek, then 
to Little Washita, on to Washita Crossing at Line Creek, from there to Canadian River, to the North Fork, on to  Prairie Spring, from there to Kingfisher
Creek; thence to Red Fork, on to Turkey Creek, to Hackberry Creek; thence to Shawnee Creek, to Salt Fork; to Pond Creek, from there to Pole Cat Creek,
to Bluff Creek; thence to Caldwell, ..."