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What is a long drive cowboy do?
Cattle moved from Texas to Northern cities
The terms cowboy and cattle drive were used?
They used their knowledge of herding cattle and their horses to round them up from the home-base on the ranch, then moved them from the ranch to the place that they are going to sell them. Cattle drives always take more than one cowboy to complete. For instance, over a 500 head of cattle usually took about 10 horsemen to drive from point A to point B which often was 50 or 100 miles away.
How were cattle from Texas moved to the northern railroad?
Texas ranchers grouped their cattle into herds and marched them across the countryside to get to the railroad to be shipped east or west. This was called a cattle drive and needed about 4 or more people on horseback to control where the cattle went.
Why did cattle owners drive cattle into abilene?
The transcontinental railroad stopped in Abilene so ran hers could import the cows by rail to the final destination.
How did ranchos become the center of life in California during the period of Mexican rule?
Vaqueros moved cattle around and aranged many fiesta's
Why did cowboys moved west during the 1800s?
Because they had to find new ways to raise and graze the cattle that they care for due to the increasing popularity of barbed wire that is used by farmers trying to protect their livelihood from free-ranging cattle.
When Nazis first deported Jews about how did they move the people?
If you mean the people being sent to concentration camps then they were moved by train in cattle carts.
Why did the chisholm trail help the cattle industry?
That way cattle could be moved from one side of the country to the other end.
What men moved cattle from place to place?
The men that move cattle from place to place are called ranchers or cowboys. They live on ranches.
When As people moved west which of these became the big business on the plains?
cattle ranching
As people moved west which of these became the big business on the plains?
cattle ranching. :<
What was the importance of cattle?
Two main things: 1. Maintain pasture/range health with moving cattle from one area to another 2. Get a profit off of the cattle that are sold at point B from when they were moved from point A.
