Cattle
This storied railroad allowed for beef to be moved to the meat deprived eastern markets.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
These 4 groups of people made up the majority of the Cowboy Workforce from 1850 to 1900.
Who are Indians, Immigrants, Former slaves, and Civil War Veterans?
Using the railroad to travel west, these people would claim land and surround it with barbwire, which often lead to land disputes with cattle ranchers.
Who are homesteaders?
These men revolutionized the meat packing business. One creating air-cooled rail cars and the other creating refrigerated cars allowing for slaughtered beef to travel 100s even 1000s of miles without spoiling.
Who are G.H. Hammond and Gustavus Swift?
After the civil war ended 5 million "longhorns" roamed in this state.
What is Texas?
These 2 large "Beef Barons" developed a factory meat packing plan transforming the cattle industry as well as supporting midwestern economies.
What is Transcontinental railroad?
Cowboys would ride this animal, which was only slightly more domesticated than longhorns, when herding cattle.
What are "Cow Ponies"?
Often of Mexican or Indian descent, sheepherders caused this major problem for cattle ranchers that would even lead to small skirmishes.
What is Overgrazing?
This entrepreneur saw potential in Abilene Texas creating a bustling cattle town on 250 acres with rail road access, a bank, hotels, stockyards as well as other commodities
Who is Joseph G. McCoy?
This notorious trail stretched 700 miles and was the largest out the 3 main cattle trails.
What is the Goodnight-loving trail?
These 3 reasons would combine to end the prosperity of the cattle drive in the mid 1890s.
What are the terrible winters of 1885-1887, high taxis imposed by Indians, and expansion of continental railroad?
The cowboy terminology rodeo, bronco, and lasso originated from this ethnic group in the South West of the U.S.
Who are Mexicans?
To make their voices heard, cattle ranchers created this political group as a base to advocate their opinions, concerns, and ideas to legislature.
What is the Wyoming Stock-Growers’ Association?
This half Cherokee pioneer scouted Indian territory and helped create a very important cattle trail named after himself from central Texas to Abilene, Kansas.
Who is John Chisolm?
In 1876 this quarantine line was redrawn south of a city in order to protect the "blooded strain" cattle from the tick borne disease carried by Longhorns in Texas.
Where is Wichita?
Longhorns were a descendent to cattle found in this European country.
What is Spain?
Cowboys are glorified in the eyes of Hollywood; however in reality the job required extreme toughness for 4 reasons.
What is low Pay, exposure to elements, disease, Indian attacks simple diet and lack of necessities?
This new ranching strategy consisting of nurturing heftier blooded stock in a controlled range was developed by Mexican ranchers and eventually would become a profitable investment for entrepreneurs.
What is cattle raising?
Cowboys often caused trouble in bustling cattle town, however important such as these 2 men ensured cities on the western frontier like Abilene Texas were safe and protected.
Who are Wild Bill and Earp Wyatt?
While the cattle drive from Texas to Sedalia, Missouri through woods and farmland set the stage for the transportation of cattle, 3 things gave this route a poor reputation.
What are lost cattle, trampled farmland, and cattle thieves?
In the average herd this many amount of cattle were driven long distances to the bustling cities on the west.
What is 1,000-10,000?
This simple dish was a staple to Cowboys' diets on long cattle drives.
What is broiled beef and beans?
In the 1880s big ranchers fenced off large portions of public grazing land, ultimately leading to small ranchers cutting the fences for their own cattle to graze causing this war to break out.
What is the Fence-Cutters’ War of 1883-1884?
This man created the barbwire fence, which proved affective in protecting land and constraining cattle.
Who is Joseph Glidden?
These 2 states doubled multiple times in population after the cattle business gained traction as a profitable and stable enterprise.
What is Kansas and Nebraska?