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Ranching in TexasChapter 17
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Spanish Origins• Before Europeans explored North America, cattle in Spain were raised for meat & hides.• When the Spanish came to Texas, they brought cattle with them.
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Cattle During the Civil War• With most men fighting in the
Civil War, the ranching work was left undone.• Many herds roamed Texas &
increased greatly. • After the war, there were so
many cattle with few people that could afford to buy them.
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Railroad Expansion• After the Civil War, railroads expanded westward. This allowed ranchers to ship their cattle to markets across Texas, and to the North & East.
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A Market For Beef• After the Civil War, the demand for
beef increased with stockyards & packinghouses being established near Chicago & St. Louis.
• Stockyard: A pen where livestock is kept before being butchered or shipped to market
• Packinghouse: A warehouse where beef is prepared for shipment
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Cow Towns Developed• A longhorn that was worth $4 in
Texas brought $40 in the packinghouses.
• As a result, Joseph G. McCoy built the first cow town in Abilene, Kansas along the Union Pacific Railroad.
• Cow Town: A town that serves as a market for cattle
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Cattle Trails• The Chisholm Trail was the 1st
cattle trail that connected Texas to the Abilene cow town.
• 35,000 cattle reached Abilene on this trail in 1867 & 6 million longhorns by 1887.
• As more railroads were built, more trails developed.
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Cowboy Culture• Since most ranches were
established in West Texas, this region developed a cowboy culture.• The cowboy, or cowhand,
has become a popular folk hero & a symbol of the West.
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Barbed Wire• The success of the ranching industry
caused ranges to become crowded with too many ranchers competing for pasture space.
• In 1873, Joseph F. Glidden invented Barbed Wire, which was inexpensive and kept cattle from destroying crops on other farms.
• As a result, open ranges became a thing of the past.
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Ranching Becomes Commercial• Since ranching was so
successful, many foreign investors bought ranches in West Texas.
• The invention of barbed wire allowed these investors to build fences, which caused ranching to become commercial instead of a way of life.
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Windmills• Since West Texas was dry with
few rivers, cattle owners had allowed their cattle to roam the open range in search of water.
• However, windmills were invented to pump underground water from wells. Ranchers used these to provide water for their cattle & to keep them in a certain area.