1885 Fort Worth ~ Hell’s Half Acre ~ Chisholm Trail
1885 Fort Worth ~ Hell's Half Acre map poster. Available in 36"x24" and 24"x18" sheet sizes.

Fort Worth was the last resupply outpost in Texas before the great trail herds moved north to Red River Station and into Indian Territory and the Chisholm Trail on their way north to the railheads in Kansas. As the herds were rested on the plains next to the Trinity River and the trail bosses re-provisioned the outfit, the trail-weary cowboys took part of their pay into Hell’s Half Acre which was about a mile south of the Tarrant County courthouse.

 

History tells us that Fort Worth’s Hell’s Half Acre and the “Uptown” district were about as rough as it got in the early days. The “Acre” grew and lasted a long time, finally disappearing in the early 1920’s.

 

This new Hell’s Half Acre map tells the whole story using a number of original maps of the 1881-1889 period just as the trail drives were declining but the Acre was still roaring.

 

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Here are some interesting links from The Handbook of Texas Online

 

· Hell’s Half Acre

· Cattle Trailing

· Chisholm, McCoy & Eastern Trail

· Great Western Trail

· Goodnight~Loving Trail

· Shawnee Trail

· Butterfield Overland Stage

· Red River Station

· Doan’s Crossing

· Horsehead Crossing

· Frontier Forts & Defenses

 
Text Box: The Great Trails Maps Original map designs incorporating the great cattle trails, frontier forts, roads and the railroads of the time. Available Sheet Size & Prices: 24” x 36” ~ $40.00 18” x 24” ~ $30.00 16” x 20” ~ $20.00 11” x 14” ~ $15.00 Purchase from our Store below

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