to get cattle to the market.
Cattle drives
The cattle industry originated in Ancient Egypt over 5000 years ago. Same with the cattle drives.
Barbed-wire. When farmers started putting up barbed-wire fences, cattle drives couldn't get to the feilds forthe cows to graze.
That depends on how far the cow hands had to drive the cattle. Most cattle drives lasted anywhere from a week to several months.
That depends on how far the cow hands had to drive the cattle. Most cattle drives lasted anywhere from a week to several months.
The tick.
the market for cattle in texas was too small
railhead
It drives cattle in to a field
An average of 14 to 18 miles per day were made on cattle drives.
Cowhands led cattle drives in the 1860's to move cattle from the southwest to the nearest rail station where the cattle could be carried north. Cattle were worth about 3 times in the north what they were in the south.