The Jones Plummer Trail, also known as the Jones and Plummer Trail,[1] began in Dodge City, Kansas and went southwest through the Oklahoma Panhandle into Texas.[2][3] Ed Jones and Joe Plummer originally used the path for bringing buffalo meat and hides to Dodge City. Later, the trail saw more use as a freight route. At one point, this trail saw over 150,000 lb (68,000 kg) of freight a week. The trail also created the city of Beaver, Oklahoma, which originated in 1880 when an enterprising man named Jim Lane built a house along the trail on the south side of the Beaver River to serve as a general store, saloon, hotel, and restaurant for travelers.[4]
The trail served its purpose for about 20 years through the 1870s and 1880s, but was abandoned with the arrival of the railroads.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Jones and Plummer Trail". C. Robert Haywood, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Rathjen, Frederick W. (1998). Texas Panhandle Frontier. Texas Tech University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-89672-399-2.
- ^ Maddux, Vernon R. (2003). In Dull Knife's Wake: The True Story of the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878. Horse Creek Publications. p. 54. ISBN 0-9722217-1-9.
- ^ "Beaver". V. Pauline Hodges, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
External links
edit- Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Jones and Plummer Trail
- Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
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