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The cattle boom is stupid. Who cares when it ended, it ended because people were stupid! So it doesn't matter when it ended. There were to many cattle and the open-range declined due to barbed wire. It lasted from 1849 to 1862.
boom and bust
The cycle of boom and bust.
What was one result of the boom in crop production in the 1870s
They got paid a little amount of money but they enjoyed it and got extra money for working with farmers
The railroad was the advancement in technology that directly contributed to the cattle boom. Out in the west they created large cattle kingdoms.
by helping move and transfer catle faster
Expansion and the railroad system lead to the boom in the cattle industry. Drought, diseases, a decline in demand, and a harsh winter that killed thousands of heads of cattle all contributed to the bust.
1860-1880. It is when the railroad made it profitable to raise cattle, but by 1880 the land had been over grazed and too many cattle sent to the stock yards.
Cattle drives soon ended in the late 1800's to the early 1900's because of fierce winter storms, barbed wire, drought, overgrazing, and the near extinction of the population of Longhorns originating from Spain and developed in the wilds of southwestern America.
Many smaller towns prospered because of the cattle boom, because it brought the cattle herders and cowboys to town. When the cattle drive was finished, the cowboys were anxious to spend their money.
The cattle boom occurred because people started to settle down after the Civil War. It became practical to own a lot of cattle at this time.
The cattle boom occurred because people started to settle down after the Civil War. It became practical to own a lot of cattle at this time.
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decline people in farms
After the American Civil War, which was around 1865.
Since Western lands were open and grassy, cattle ranchingbecame an economic boom. Special livestock railroad cars could haul cattle to Eastern cities from meatpacking hubs such as Chicago. The cattle had to travel from Texas. Before railroad tracks ran from Texas, cowboys would drive herds from Texas to cities such as Kansas City, where herds could be loaded in livestock cars for travel. An entrepreneur could purchase cattle for $10 a head and sell them for $40 a head. They could pay a cowboy between $80 and $90 to drive the cattle herd to the railroad. Cattle drives could take cowboys two to three months.