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The completion of the railroad and the increased use of barbed wire to fence off farming/ranching properties.
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they brought cattle to Texas
barbed wire
at the end of the cattle drive, the cowboys rest and drink and fight
Go to the saloon for a few drinks, then head on back home after all the cattle had been sold.
Lancelot brought the destruction of the round table. By falling in love with Guinevere, Lancelot brought the fall of Camelot and the end of the round table.
Moving the cattle from point "A" to point "B" for sale, and at the end, selling them all.
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.
Cattle trails disappeared mostly because of the sudden onslaught of people moving to the West, and a sudden drop in the value of cattle because of all the people coming to herd them, which caused the growth of plotting land and farming in the West.Read more: What_happened_to_the_cattle_trails_due_to_the_railroads
This is an old cowboy term used at the end of the cattle drive. It means pay off the riders and let them go celebrate.
The widespread use of barbed wires brought an end to open range grazing, and made possible the settlement of the frontier by small farmers. The wire stopped cattle owners from letting their cattle graze on new farmland, as cattle could not break the wire. Since it was cheap, even small farmers could fence their fields and keep the cattle from grazing on their fields.