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Florida: Naples

Washington: The Gorge

Pennsylvania: Philly's South Street in the snow

Texas: Round Rock

"Part of the history and lore of Round Rock involves the Chisholm Trail, as evidenced by the naming of the major thoroughfare through Old Town Chisholm Trail Drive. Jesse Chisholm laid out his trail in 1865: starting on the Canadian River near present day Yukon, Oklahoma, the trail proceeded north to Wichita, Kansas. The original purpose of the trail was to provide a way to freight goods north in order to trade with the Indians. In 1866, Jesse took a wagon train of goods plus 250 head of cattle over the same trail and the Chisholm Trail was born (Scarbrough 198). Being that the actual Chisholm Trail began way north of Round Rock and Williamson County, the branch of the trail that went through Round Rock was not actually part of the Chisholm Trail but merely a feeder. However, over the years, by common practice, all trails that fed into the Chisholm Trail came to be called the Chisholm Trail and had as their objective the same purpose, the transportation of cattle from the grazing lands in the Southwest to the markets in the Midwest."