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Who was Jesse Chisholm?

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Jesse Chisholm was a Cherokee trader and merchant in the western part of America during the 1800's. He was born in 1806 in East Tennessee and passed away March 4,1868 in Oklahoma due to food poisoning. He is well known for finding and creating the Chisholm Trail that was used as an quicker way of travel. A major impact of the trail was driving cattle which provided people with affordable beef in the northwest.

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Jesse Chisholm was a cherokee fur trader and merchant in the American West.

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He is known for having scouted and developed what became known as the Chisholm Trail, later used to drive cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas in the post Civil War period.

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