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2. Cattle Industry Cattle ranching really grew in the late 1800s.
Once the buffalo were killed off and Native Americans had moved to reservations, ranchers began moving west.

3. SPANISH ORIGINS
When the Spanish explorers and priests came from Mexico to what was Spanish Texas, they brought cattle with them.
Vaqueros are early Spanish Cowboys
Vaqueros

4. Anglo American Ranchers
RANCHING
Spanish Ranchers
Anglo American Ranchers
Used horses and Reatas (ropes) to round up herds of cattle
raised cattle on the open range
used English cattle-raising techniques
worked with smaller herds that were fenced in
worked on foot most of the time instead of horseback

5. Cattle Brands
Cattle were marked with their owners brand which is a mark burned into the cow’s hide.
Cattle were raised on the open range so the brand was used to tell who’s cattle was whose.

6. Longhorns Some cattle strayed from the missions or ranches.
Over time, a new breed evolved known as the Texas longhorn.

7. The longhorn was able to adapt to almost any environment.
able to survive on little water or food
able to survive extreme hot or cold temperatures
Able to use their horns for protection

9. Texas Herds During the Civil War
The Civil War had a negative impact on the cattle industry.
Ranching decreased during the war.
Cattle multiplied which so greatly increased their numbers that they weren’t worth as much.

10. After the Civil War
The demand for beef increased in other parts of the U.S. after the Civil War.
Railroads to the north allowed beef to be shipped to markets outside of Texas.
Stockyards and packinghouses sprang up near Chicago and St. Louis.
A longhorn that was worth $4 in Texas could bring close to $40 in the packinghouses.
Cattle owners searched for a way to safely transport their cattle to the stockyards

11. Cattle drives
Cattle drives made up an important part of the cattle industry. Cowhands led the herds hundreds of miles to railroads where they could be shipped east.

12. Abilene, Kansas
In 1867 Joseph G. McCoy, a Chicago business leader, built the first cow town in Abilene, Kansas near the railroad.
Pens were put along railroad tracks in the wide streets.
The cattle could be driven through town.
Abilene also had entertainment for cowboys
McCoy attracted buyers for bidding on their cattle.

13. The Development of Cattle Trails
The Chisholm Trail was the first of the great cattle trails.
As many as 35,000 head of cattle reached Abilene, Kansas in 1867, and the number increased to 350,000 by 1869.

14. CATTLE TRAILS, 1867–1890

15. As more railroads were built, more trails developed.
The Western Trail (Dodge City Trail) became popular in the 1870s.
The Goodnight-Loving Trail started by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving

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