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What did people do for fun in the 1850s?
Cowhands often look after the cattle, treat them as needed, and milk them if needed. Cowhands also do other chores around a farm.
What were qualities needed for cowhands in the 1800s?
They had to have nerves of steel, to stay calm even in times of stress. They had to have determination to get the cattle through the long distances and long nights. The had to be brave to survive the cold nights and frightening storms that they might have encountered. Commanding and controlling, the cowhands have to be strong to herd the cattle and chase off theives. And finally, they had to be tough to survive thew thirst and hunger they endured overtime.
What kind of equipment did cowhands need?
Cowhands needed the following equipment:horsesaddlechapshatboots and spursropeskniferifle, pistol, or bothbranding ironspliers and wire cuttershammershovelbedrollraingearcooking equipmentcanteen for water
Why did cattle ranchhers want to get the cattle to the northern and eastern states?
Before the coming of the railways, and cattle wagons, cattle drives were a regular feature of a cattleman's business. The aim was to get their cattle to a market in the north and eastern states, whose population was expanding at a rapid rate, a population that needed feeding.
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What Was The Western Cattle Trail Used For?
There were millions of buffaloes in the west. the Transcontinental railroad was just created. In the eastern cities people needed food. cowboys, also known as cowhands and vaqueros would move them from as low as Texas to the railroad to ship them to the eastern cities.
What kind of supplies were needed on the Oregon Trail?
with many supplies
What did they have for supplies?
Everything they needed.
Why did cattle drives end in the 1800?
Cattle drives haven't ended, they still happen around the world, a lot more frequently than you think, actually. But back in the late 1800's in the USA and Canada the implementation of barbed wire fences, increasing population of settlers taking over land that could be or would otherwise be used to graze and raise cattle on, the railroad, the invention of the car (which turned into manufacturing large trucks to transport livestock in) and the Great Winter of 1885-86 where thousands of cattle died of starvation all came together to bring the great, one-hundred-mile-plus cattle drives from the home range to the stockyards to an end. It was no longer needed, wasn't feasible, and easier and easier methods were created to transport, rather than herd, cattle from one place to another.
What did the settlers needed as supplies in the coastal plains?
the settlers needed clothing
Why did cowboys drive their cattle north from Texas to the Chisholm Trail?
Because that's where they needed to sell their cattle.
Why did cattle drives end in the late 1800s?
Because of the advent of the railroads. Cattle didn't need to be driven as far as they did because the train could take the livestock the rest of the distance in less time than the cowboys could.
