I believe they first they got onto the Santa Fe R.R./Kansas Pacifc and went east.After they hit the Union Pacific R.R. they would head North East on their way to Chicago or at least that's one way I think they did it.
The cattle trails and railroads intersected in towns such as Abilene, Kansas; Dodge City, Kansas; and Cheyenne, Wyoming to form cattle shipping centers during the late 19th century. These towns became significant hubs for the cattle industry due to their accessible transportation networks for moving cattle to markets in the East.
The development of the railroad made it profitable to raise cattle on the Great Plains. In 1860, some five-million longhorn cattle grazed in the Lone Star state. Cattle that could be bought for $3 to $5 a head in Texas could be sold for $30 to $50 at railroad shipping points in Abilene or Dodge City in Kansas.
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· Abilene, Kansas · Abilene, Texas
"The Long Drive" is generally associated with the cattle drives from various places in Texas to the Kansas Railroads in towns like Abilene and Dodge City for rail shipment to the eastern population centers. In 1861 thirty-five thousand head of beef passed through Abilene on their way to the dinner table in large eastern cities. Ten years later the number had grown to 1.5 million.
Established in 1881 by cattlemen, Abilene, Texas was named after Abilene, Kansas, which was the original endpoint for the Chisholm Trail.
By car, Salt Lake City, Utah, is about 1100 miles from Abilene, Texas.
The song "Abilene" was written for Abilene, Kansas, not Abilene, Texas. It was popularized in the 1960s by country music artist George Hamilton IV.
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Chisholm trail and Western or Dodge city trail and maybe Shawnee.