Drop in beef prices and the invention of barbed wire
Longhorns.
The invention of barbed wire ended the open range
The disease was rhinderpest.
In the late 1880s, Kansas state was closed to Texas cattle for 4 months disrupting the flow of beef from the south to the north. There were also issues with Texas fever quarantines which kept the cattle from travelling because no one wanted their herds getting infected. Settlers also made it very difficult to drive cattle as they demanded money for cattle to cross their lands.
In Texas the abundance of cattle created a greater demand for beef from folks back east. This was after the Civil War to the late 1880s.
In Texas the abundance of cattle created a greater demand for beef from folks back east. This was after the Civil War to the late 1880s.
because there used to be mummys there in 1880s and that were they used to live
1880s
Cattle are found in all states.
The Temora goldrush had all but ended by the mid 1880s.
The first one was built in 1878, but they came open to the public in the 1880s