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Mar 1, 2017 · John Chisum developed a neck tumor and had to leave his beloved ranch, first to have surgeons in Kansas City remove the tumor and then to seek relief from the mineral baths in Eureka Springs, Ark. That was where the 60-year-old cattleman died on December 22, 1884.
Nov 4, 2014 · John S. Chisum, who partnered with Charles Goodnight to supply cattle to the Navajos at Bosque Redondo in 1866, moved to New Mexico permanently in 1872, where he lorded over 100 miles of New Mexico’s Pecos River Valley, and later was a key player in the Lincoln County War.
Dec 23, 2020 · Meet John Chisum, 'Cattle King of the Pecos'. This enterprising cattle dealer drove Longhorns west out of Texas to new markets in New Mexico Territory. Legend has it that in early March 1880 John Chisum faced down William H. Bonney in Beaver Smith’s saloon at Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory.
Sep 29, 2018 · John Chisum was thirteen when his family trekked to Texas, and he never forgot the adventure of moving to a new frontier. Claiborne Chisum settled his family in what soon became Lamar County...
Apr 20, 2017 · John Simpson Chisum, pioneer cattleman, son of Claiborne C. and Lucinda (Chisum) Chisum, was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, on August 16, 1824. His parents were cousins.
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May 14, 2018 · American rancher John Simpson Chisum (1824-1884) was one of the first cattlemen in New Mexico, and he was identified with the Lincoln County War of 1878-1879. John Chisum was born on his grandfather's plantation in western Tennessee on Aug. 16, 1824.
John Chisum. 2009. Chisum became one of the major stock men in North Central Texas before the Civil War. During the War, he supplied cattle to the Confederacy. He became associated with Charles Goodnight before moving to New Mexico where he created a vast ranch which in 1875 employed 100 cowboys and ran 80,000 head of cattle.
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