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John Simpson Chisum (August 15, 1824 – December 22, 1884) was a wealthy cattle baron on the frontier in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century.
Nov 16, 2009 · Cattleman John Chisum dies in Arkansas. A central player in the violent Lincoln County War of 1878-81, the cattleman John Chisum dies at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Born in Tennessee in 1824,...
A cattle baron who moved longhorn herds from Texas into New Mexico in the mid 1800’s, John Chisum founded one of the largest cattle ranches in the West.
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.
Jan 19, 2024 · Pioneer cattle baron John Simpson Chisum lived an intriguing life and some of his descendants are honored in an exhibition now in Southlake, Texas.
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.
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. He was reared on his grandfather's plantation, one of five children, and accompanied his parents and a group of relatives to Red River County, Texas, during the summer of ...
The Pecos War, also known as the War of the Pecos and the Chisum War, was a range war fought by cattle baron John Chisum against neighboring small ranchers, farmers, and Native Americans from 1876-1877 along the Pecos River in New Mexico. [2]
Aug 13, 2017 · John Chisum was known as the Cattle King of the Pecos after establishing his ranching empire near Fort Sumner, New Mexico at Bosque Grande.
