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They drastically reduced the distance the ranchers had to travel to sell their cattle, as they often grazed on the great plains - but the introduction of the cross continent railway system allowed a much easier transportation of cattle from point A to point B.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoOne of the main reasons the cattle boom ended was the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. The railroad brought massive changes both economically and physically.
Economically: The cattle market was now comodotized and the prices dropped.
Physically: the railroad brought barbed wire & more private property which meant limited grazing and/or cattle driving routes.
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∙ 15y agoInexpensive and timely delivery of cattle from Ranches in the west to cities in the east.
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∙ 13y agoIt was the business, food and water supply (goods), crowded areas, and floods/ drought.
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∙ 12y agoWas a faster, easier, and safer mean of transporting goods such as crops etc...
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When the railroads reached the Midwest in the 1800s ranchers drove cattle to Abilene Kansas to meet the trains along the?
Chisholm Trail. (:
How did the growth of railroads and cities impact the cattle business?
The growth of cities meant there was less land to raise cattle and less grass for cattle to feed on. The railroads helped the cattle industry by allowing ranchers to be able to deliver cattle to areas where they could not be transported on foot.
What were the most important developments in transportation during the early years of Texas statehood?
Railroads. More specifically the transcontinental railroad it shipped supplies from the west to the north and south east
How did the growth of the railroad help the cattle industry?
Refrigerated railroad cars could take the processed meat to the East. Actually the railroads enabled ranchers to drive their cattle shorter distances to the trains that came to their most local cow-town. The railroads allowed cattle to be transported long distances, quickly and efficiently to distant markets. This meant that herding of cattle on foot over long distances, using much man power, would eventually be consigned to the western cowboy movies.
Railroads were built into Texas so cattle could be rapidly shipped to the eastern markets?
Not really, railroads were built in all of the western states, not just Texas, so that yes, cattle could be shipped to the eastern markets.
How did the railroad affect the cattle industry in Texas?
Before railroads were built in Texas, cattle had to be herded on cattle drives to the nearest railroad. The first railroads in the United States ran from east to west. After the railroads were built that ran north and south, the Texas cattle ranchers had less distance to cover to reach a railroad for transport.
How did the growth of the railroad help with cattle industry?
Before railroads were built in Texas, cattle had to be herded on cattle drives to the nearest railroad. The first railroads in the United States ran from east to west. After the railroads were built that ran north and south, the Texas cattle ranchers had less distance to cover to reach a railroad for transport.
How did Texas ranchers get their cattle to the railroads to be shiped east?
They herded them using horses and the best herding practices they could use to move cattle with and keep them together.
What is a Texas ranchers calf called?
The phrase Texas ranchers calf is the same thing as maverick
What became important to the development of the cattle industry in the Great Plains in the late 19th century?
The railroads significantly opened the cattle industry to sales and sales meant ranchers could expand their lands and herds. Ranchers from even Texas could drive herds north to meet the railroad, and both factors helped develop towns in the Great Plains.
How did western ranchers and farmers get their product's to eastern markets?
Railroad
After the Civil War why did Texas ranchers drive cattle herds to kansas?
After the Civil War Texas ranchers drove cattle in herds to Kansas because that is where the big stockyards were at the time. It was also a place for the Texas ranchers to use the railroad for shipping cattle elsewhere.
What were four changes in Texas caused by the railroads?
texas
Are all people from Texas cowboys and cowgirls and ranchers?
No, they aren't.
What were Texas ranchers called that were not fenced in or divided into lots?
Land
What are the major railroads in Texas?
Nowadays, it's just the Union Pacific, KCS and the BNSF. Before 1980, other large railroads were forced to have a subsidiary in Texas and operate it independently. Examples include: The Texas & Pacific, The Texas & New Orleans (Southern Pacific) and others. Check out the list of railroads in Texas on Wikipedia.
How did railroads affect the western expansion?
It encouraged western settlement by making it possible for farmers and ranchers to send their products to the East.
