Jones Plummer Trail
Template:Use American English 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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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]
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