1. COTTON, CATTLE & RAILROADS
UNIT 9

2. RAILROAD TRACK MILEAGE IN TEXAS
IN THE YEARS BETWEEN THE MOST GROWTH OF RAILROAD TRACK MILEAGE IN TEXAS WAS 11,150 MILES.

3. RANGE WARS
THE RANGE WARS BETWEEN FARMERS AND RANCHERS WERE CONFLICTS OVER; CONTROL OF WATER RIGHTS, USE OF BARBED WIRE AND THE RAISING OF SHEEP.

4. THE GROWTH OF RAILROADS
THE GROWTH OF RAILROADS CAME IN AFTER THE CATTLE DRIVES AND OPEN RANGES ENDED, NEW CITIES GREW UP ALONG THE RAIL LINES AND TEXAS MOVED SUBSISTENCE FARMING TO COMMERCIAL FARMING.

5. JAMES HOGG HE WAS A FORMER GOVENOR OF TEXAS.
HE SET UP THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION.
PROTECTED CITIZENS FROM UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES.

6. MEXICAN CULTURE
THE MAJOR INFLUENCE THE MEXICAN CULTURE HAD ON TEXAS WAS THE ARCHITECTURE.
THE HISPANIC CULTURE HAD THE LARGEST POPULATION IN TEXAS.
QUINCEANERA IS THE RECOGNITION OF MEXICAN- AMERICAN TEENAGE GIRLS REACHING MATURITY.

7. INTERESTING FACTS
MOST OF THE CATTLE RAISED IN TEXAS WAS IN WEST TEXAS.
MOST OF THE COTTON HARVEST WAS IN EAST TEXAS.
THE GROUP THAT ADAPTED TO THE ENVIROMENT IN TEXAS WAS THE AMERICAN INDIANS.
THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WAS USED IN THE LATE 1800’S IN TEXAS WAS HORSES, RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS.

8. INTERESTING FACTS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF RANCHING IN WEST TEXAS WAS INFLUENCED BY FINDING WATER RESOURCES.
THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR AFFECTED THE CATTLE INDUSTRY, BECAUSE THE DEMAND FOR BEEF WAS RAPIDLY GROWING IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES.
BUFFALO SOLDIERS WAS THE NICKNAME GIVEN TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN REGIMENTS OF THE U.S. ARMY THAT HELP KEEP THE PEACE AMONG THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN THE WEST.

9. QUANAH PARKER
HE WAS THE SON OF AN AMERICAN WOMEN CAPTURED BY THE COMANCHES.
THE LAST CHIEF OF THE COMANCHES INDIANS AND ROAMED WEST TEXAS.
ASSIMILATED INTO AMERICAN CULTURE AND INFLUENCED OTHER AMERICAN INDIANS.

10. AMERICAN INDIANS
CATTLE DRIVES AND WARS WITH AMERICAN INDIANS OCCURRED BETWEEN
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR THE AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES WERE REMOVED TO RESERVATIONS.