Open Range refers back to the time when ranchers did not fence their property. The cattle roamed free with only brands to identify them to a rancher.
Cattle ranching
No
Barbed Wire.
Meixican Vaqueros
The invention of barbed wire ended the open range
The open range system of cattle ranching allowed herds to intermingle without serious problems. As system of branding made separating the cattle by owner allowed this activity.
Just ranching, or "modern-day" ranching, if you will.
cattle ranching
overgrazing
cattle ranching
Most likely barbed wire.
owners branded cattle that roamed freely, and then cowboys rounded them up