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<blockquote data-quote="MudHog" data-source="post: 1116487" data-attributes="member: 21686"><p>The little while I've been here, I've noticed there are alot of older cattlemen here that potentially have a wealth of history. Lately I've been doing some research on old pioneer trails and have run across many of cattle trails. Anybody care to share any history that they know of? I'll post quotes as I find them, as well as, the source of where I'm pulling them from. To start, I came across this one that I find pretty amazing to say the least.</p><p></p><p>"OPELOUSAS TRAIL" was a cattle trail used between southeast TX and New Orleans, LA to drive cattle to market in New Orleans. Some places I read call the Opelousas Trail as a portion of the "Beef Trail" and also "La Bahia Road". Time line is believed to have started around 1836 and the trail was in its prime between 1850-1880. The railroad came along and is what ended the use of the trail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudHog, post: 1116487, member: 21686"] The little while I've been here, I've noticed there are alot of older cattlemen here that potentially have a wealth of history. Lately I've been doing some research on old pioneer trails and have run across many of cattle trails. Anybody care to share any history that they know of? I'll post quotes as I find them, as well as, the source of where I'm pulling them from. To start, I came across this one that I find pretty amazing to say the least. "OPELOUSAS TRAIL" was a cattle trail used between southeast TX and New Orleans, LA to drive cattle to market in New Orleans. Some places I read call the Opelousas Trail as a portion of the "Beef Trail" and also "La Bahia Road". Time line is believed to have started around 1836 and the trail was in its prime between 1850-1880. The railroad came along and is what ended the use of the trail. [/QUOTE]
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