Vocabulary
During the 1850s, this type of cow appeared in Texas
Longhorn
Where were most of the cattle trails supposed to end?
Railroads that would take the cattle to Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis, Missouri.
Who brought horses to North America (Mexico/United States)?
Spanish
Where in Texas did most cattle drives begin?
South Texas
Name the largest ranch in Texas
King Ranch
A disease that affected a large number of cattle
Texas Fever
who was in charge of taking care of the crew's horses during cattle drives?
Wranglers
Who staged the first cattle drives in Texas?
Tejano ranchers (Texans of Mexican decent)
Where were most of the railroads located during the era of cattle drives?
In the northern states(Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois).
Name something that made cattle drives dangerous
Blizzards, floods, wildfires, lack of food, water, rustlers (cattle thieves)
Cattle thieves
Rustlers
This trail led from South Texas through Indian Territory to Sedalia, Missouri.
Shawnee Trail (Sedalia Trail)
These two men established a cattle trail from Fort Worth, Texas all the way into Colorado.
Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving (The Goodnight-Loving Trail)
Where did boll weevils first infest cotton fields?
The Rio Grande River Valley
What is the name of the railroad that travels from New Orleans, Louisiana through south Texas all the way to Los Angeles, California?
The Southern Pacific Railroad
huge holding pens for cattle
stockyards
What did cowboys on a cattle drive typically eat?
Beef, beans, bacon, dried fruit, eggs (sometimes), stew, and sourdough biscuits.
Spanish word for cowboy
Vaquero
Where in Texas did ranchers begin to build windmills to help bring water to the surface for their cattle and crops?
The Panhandle
Organizations that support the interests of workers
Labor Unions
Machines that separate grain or seeds from plants
Threshers
The camp cooked meals from a covered supply wagon called __________
A Chuck Wagon
This person invented barbed wire.
Joseph F. Glidden (1873)
Where in Texas did General Ranald Mackenzie and his army defeat the Kiowas and Comanches in 1874?
Palo Duro Canyon (Pg. 450)
Who invented the deep steel plow that was used widely by farmers by 1845?
John Deere