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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Joseph_McCoyJoseph McCoy - Wikipedia

    McCoy built a hotel, stockyard, office and bank in a little village along the Kansas Pacific Railway (currently the Union Pacific). This village became known as Abilene, Kansas - one of the first cow towns. McCoy's plan was for cattle to be driven to Abilene from Texas and taken from there by rail to bigger cities in The Midwest and the East.

  3. truewestmagazine.com › article › the-chisholm-trailThe Chisholm Trail - True West Magazine

    Feb 6, 2017 · In 1867, cattle-shipping entrepreneur Joseph G. McCoy of the McCoy Brothers of Springfield, Illinois, went to Kansas to find a town on the Kansas Pacific Railroad and discovered the village of Abilene, on the western edge of the state’s farm settlements.

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  5. abilenekansas.org › blog › 2020/12/21Joseph G. McCoy and the Chisholm Trail, 1867-1871 - Abilene

    Dec 21, 2020 · Within a month, he had started the construction of loading pens in Abilene. McCoy sent men south to Texas to locate struggling herds and direct them to Abilene. McCoy also sent Timothy Hersey, a land surveyor and pioneer of Abilene, to survey the Chisholm Trail and build mounds of dirt to mark the trail for drovers.

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  6. www.legendsofamerica.com › we-josephmccoyJoseph G. McCoy – Kansas Cattle Baron – Legends of America

    Abilene – Queen of the Kansas Cowtowns. Kansas Cowtowns – Lawlessness on the Prairie. Kansas – The Sunflower State. Wild & Woolly Cowtowns. Joseph G. McCoy was the founder of the cattle trade in Kansas, originator of the Abilene Cattle Trail, and a cattle baron in his own right.

  7. www.tutor2u.net › joseph-mccoy-and-abileneJoseph McCoy and Abilene | Reference Library | History | tutor2u

    Oct 24, 2017 · In 1867, Joseph McCoy created the cow town Abilene. In the westward zone of Kansas, Abilene served as a transit point for cowboys and their herds. Live revision!

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  9. sangamoncountyhistory.org › wp › joseph-mccoy-andJoseph McCoy and the McCoy brothers | SangamonLink

    Apr 23, 2022 · The McCoys, three brothers from Cartwright Township, organized the original cattle drives and turned Abilene, Kansas, into the West’s first great cow town.

  10. www.britannica.com › biography › Joseph-McCoyJoseph McCoy | American politician | Britannica

    Joseph McCoy. American politician. Learn about this topic in these articles: founding of Abilene. In Abilene. Development was slow until Joseph McCoy, a cattle entrepreneur and later mayor of Abilene, selected it as the northern terminus of the Texas cattle drives in 1867, the year the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached this point.

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