Cattle Trails
The first cattle trail that began in San Antonio and ended in Abilene.
What is the Chisholm Trail?
This city and state were made famous after the Wright Brothers first flight there.
What is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
These two brothers made the first powered flight in an airplane they built themselves.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
This many cattle were herded up the Chisholm Trail from 1867 to 1885.
What is 6 million?
These are the first names of the Wright Brothers.
What is Orville and Wilbur?
This trail was established through western Texas up to Nebraska and northern territories.
What is the Great Western Cattle Trail?
This is the state where the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Cattle Trail began.
What is Texas?
This African-American scientist created more than 300 products from peanuts to sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
The price of beef in Texas after the Civil War.
What is $4?
The Chisholm Trail is named after this part Cherokee Indian trader.
Who is Jesse Chisholm?
This young cattle shipper came up with the idea of guiding herds of cattle north through Texas and Oklahoma and ending in railroad towns in Kansas.
Who is Joseph McCoy?
This is the state where the Chisholm Trail ended at the railroads.
What is Kansas?
This person invented a machine to transmit the human voice over wires and called it the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This is the price of beef in the Eastern states after the Civil War.
What is $40?
These cowboys worked as farmhands and herded cows along the cattle trails in Texas after the Civil War. They were treated fairly and with respect unlike in their previous state.
Who are the Black Cowboys of Texas?
It is estimated that over 6 million cattle were herded up this trail from 1867 to 1885.
What is the Chisholm Trial?
This is where the Great Western Cattle Trail ended.
What is the Dakota Territory?
This inventor had over 1,000 patents for his ideas and inventions.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This is the number of Black Cowboys that worked as farmhands and herded cows along the cattle trails.
What is 9,000?
Plastics, dye, medicines, flour and fertilizer are just some examples of this inventors products.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This group of people had no place to go after the Civil War, so they moved to Texas and were treated with respect working alongside the other cowboys.
Who are the Black Cowboys?
After the Civil War, the price of beef plummeted in this state.
What is Texas?
This man invented the first light bulb and electrical generating system in 1879.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This is the year that the Wright Brothers flew their first successful airplane.
What is 1903?
The phonograph, a device that made it possible to record sound, is one of this inventors ideas.
Who is Thomas Edison?