The cattle were set free to graze on "open" or public land and were marked by those who owned them so after breeding they were let go in the spring and would be regathered during the fall and as a result they grew to such an immense size that they began to overgraze and caused the rangelands quality to decrease and as a result they all suffered resulting in the deaths of a great deal of the cattle causing an end to open range ranching
barbed wire
barbed wire
The enclosure movement, inspired by the creation of barbed wire, was a factor that led to the end of the open range. The creation of the refrigerated boxcar was another factor. Another factor was a shift to smaller herds.
Barbed wire
The enclosure movement, inspired by the creation of barbed wire, was a factor that led to the end of the open range. The creation of the refrigerated boxcar was another factor. Another factor was a shift to smaller herds.
The invention of barbed wire ended the open range
Barbed wire
I just took the test and it is the "Open Range"
Barbed wire fenced off open range, the range wars, harsh weather and disease, etc. etc. Hope this helped.
The duration of Open Range is 2.32 hours.
open range -just did the test got it right
Open Range was created on 2003-08-15.