After the American Civil War, which was around 1865.
Spanish settlers from Mexico.
The geographic center of the cattle feeding industry began to shift from the Midwest to the southern plains states in 1972. By the 1980s the biggest cattle feeders were located primarily in Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado.
The cattle industry originated in Ancient Egypt over 5000 years ago. Same with the cattle drives.
Which western states have cattle as a primary industry
Developed vaccine for Anthrax, a disease that threatened the cattle industry.
Ranchers made the western cattle industry profitable. They did this by selling and raising cattle for food and agricultural purposes.
cattle ranching
The discovery of Longhorn cattle, a breed of cattle descended from cows and bulls left by early Spanish settlers in the American Southwest, triggered the growth of the cattle industry.
How did the cattle industry of the 1800s build on it's Spanish beginnings
The cattle industry had its origins in Europe. Several breeds of cattle, from many different countries throughout the content of Europe.
I don't think it was the cattle trails themselves that changed the industry, it was more or less the building of the railroads, more pioneers taking over the land, and barbed wire that changed the cattle industry as a whole.