Native Americans
The Son of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Chief of the Comanche
Who is Quanah Parker
The cowboy era came to an end as these grew.
What are railroads?
The westernmost and most traveled route in the South West
Barbed wire, windmills, and railroads all contributed to the end of the ___________
What is Open Range?
This shift led to a decrease in the number of farmers working in Texas but an increase to worked land.
What is the shift to mechanization.
This treaty promised Native Americans land in exchange for not attacking settlers moving west
What is the Medicine Lodge Treaty?
The Texas Longhorn is the result of what two breeds of cattle breeding in the wild
What are Spanish cows and European cattle?
This trail ran from Bandera, Texas to Nebraska while avoiding settlements in the West
What is the Western Trail?
This group blamed immigrants for taking away job opportunities.
Who are nativists?
This agricultural technique led to the growth of farms in west Texas
What is dry farming?
This Kiowa leader led 100 Kiowas and Comanches in an attack that would be later known as the "Salt Creek Massacre"
Who is Satanta?
The expansion of these led ranchers to drive their cattle north
What are railroad lines?
This modern marvel allowed ranchers to water their cattle while they were walking the open plains
What are windmills?
This railroad was built to connect the east and west coast markets of the United States.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
What is bust?
These were slaughtered to near extinction in order to force the last Native Americans onto reservations
What are buffalo?
This era saw the first cattle being brought to the Americas
What is the Spanish Colonial Era?
This trail discouraged travel across farmlands and ended in Kansas
What is the Chisholm Trail?
This agrarian reform group fought for farmers' rights in the face of greedy railroad companies
What is the Grange?
This African American musician is also known as the "King of Ragtime"
Who is Scott Joplin?
These two armies worked together to defeat the Apache and this army killed Victorio
Who are the U.S. and Mexican Armies? Who is the Mexican Army?
This was used by farmers and ranchers to fence off their properties starting the range wars.
What is Barbed Wire?
This trail ran form South Texas and cut through local farms resulting in fences being built
What is the Shawnee Trail?
This Texas Governor advocated for the creation of the Texas Railroad Commission
Who is James Hogg?
This german sculptor created realistic statues of famous Texas heroes that can still be found in the Capital building today.
Who is Elisabet Ney?