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Route of Jones & Plummer Trail

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SH 15 and SH 23 junction, Booker, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 27' 21.20068000008", -100° 31' 50.4880299984"
 
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     Established about 1874, when used by the freighting firm of Ed Jones and Joe Plummer to haul tons of buffalo hides from their general store in Lipscomb County to Dodge City, Kansas. Also, in its early days, this trail carried crucial supplies to Generals Nelson Miles and Philip Sheridan during their famous 1874 Indian campaign. Materials for building Fort Elliott, at Mobeetie, also came over the trail. The fort then became southern terminus for the route; Dodge City, northern. In its later years (until 1885), it became a cattle trail. (1968)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Route of Jones & Plummer Trail Historical Marker Location Map, Booker, Texas