a trail boss, cook, [horse] wranglers, waddies, pointsmen. they also had different cultures such as Anglo, Mexican, African-American, tejano, White, etc.
Just about every ethnicity was involved in cattle drives except Indian (and I'm not referring to Native Americans) and Middle East ethnicities. Many African-Americans were involved in cattle drives as much as Caucasians, Mexicans and Europeans were.
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to get cattle to the market.
Before the arrival of the railways, cattle had to be herded to market, often over a long distance.
Cattle drives
The cattle industry originated in Ancient Egypt over 5000 years ago. Same with the cattle drives.
It often involves movement of cattle from one location to another that takes at least a few hours to a number of days to get from point A to B.
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.
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the market for cattle in texas was too small
railhead