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Why did ranchers decide to drive their cattle from Texas to towns along the railroad?
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∙ 14y ago
Cowboys take cattle to the rail road station (actually the proper term is "stockyards") to be shipped to the facilities that slaughter them for our food.
That's what happened in the past, over 100 years ago. In today's world, trains are not used to ship cattle to slaughter plants. Ninety-nine percent of all cattle are shipped by cattle liners or trailers from a handling facility on a ranch all the way to the slaughter plant. Cattle can still be gathered off of the range, pasture or from the corrals to be loaded on to the trucks just like with loading cattle on the stock cars, but these trucks come to the ranch or farm to pick them up. Cowboys and ranchers don't drive them to another distant facility off their land, not especially with all the highways and suburban areas and other farms they have to travel through.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 7y agoDemand for beef in eastern cities, but the railroads did not yet reach out to the areas of the Texas (and other western) ranches. Prior to the railroads the cattle drives would have been prohibitively long and impractical, early western railroads made cattle drives practical.
After the railroads were extended and cattle could be loaded directly on the trains without having to take them on long drives, the cattle drives cease.
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∙ 10y agothey moved west to get more land an herd cattle
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∙ 14y agoSo they could sell it to the city folk
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The herding of cattle from Texas to railroad centers to the north was given the name?
The herding of cattle from Texas to railroad centers to the north was called a cattle drive. Cattle drives took many months to complete. Some of the cowboys would drive the cattle to Kansas and not want to go back to the ranch after being paid. Then ranchers would have to hire more hands the next cattle drive season.
How were railroads important to Texas ranchers?
They drastically reduced the distance the ranchers had to travel to sell their cattle, as they often grazed on the great plains - but the introduction of the cross continent railway system allowed a much easier transportation of cattle from point A to point B.
How did the growth of the railroad help the cattle industry?
Refrigerated railroad cars could take the processed meat to the East. Actually the railroads enabled ranchers to drive their cattle shorter distances to the trains that came to their most local cow-town. The railroads allowed cattle to be transported long distances, quickly and efficiently to distant markets. This meant that herding of cattle on foot over long distances, using much man power, would eventually be consigned to the western cowboy movies.
How did new railroads help to create a cattle boom?
The railroads helped to create cattle kingdoms in the southwest because cattle could be shipped all over the country. Raising cattle in the southwest provided the ranchers with lots of land and grass to feed the cattle.
Did the spanish bring the cattle to Texas?
Cattle was first brought to Texas by explorers from Spain or the Spanish.
Why did ranchers decide to drive cattle from Texas to towns along the railroad?
So they could sell it to the city folk
Why did ranchers decide to drive their cattle from Texas to the towns along the railroad?
So they could sell it to the city folk
After the Civil War why did Texas ranchers drive cattle herds to kansas?
After the Civil War Texas ranchers drove cattle in herds to Kansas because that is where the big stockyards were at the time. It was also a place for the Texas ranchers to use the railroad for shipping cattle elsewhere.
How did the railroad affect the cattle industry in Texas?
Before railroads were built in Texas, cattle had to be herded on cattle drives to the nearest railroad. The first railroads in the United States ran from east to west. After the railroads were built that ran north and south, the Texas cattle ranchers had less distance to cover to reach a railroad for transport.
How were cattle from Texas moved to the northern railroad?
Texas ranchers grouped their cattle into herds and marched them across the countryside to get to the railroad to be shipped east or west. This was called a cattle drive and needed about 4 or more people on horseback to control where the cattle went.
How did the growth of the railroad help with cattle industry?
Before railroads were built in Texas, cattle had to be herded on cattle drives to the nearest railroad. The first railroads in the United States ran from east to west. After the railroads were built that ran north and south, the Texas cattle ranchers had less distance to cover to reach a railroad for transport.
The herding of cattle from Texas to railroad centers to the north was given the name?
The herding of cattle from Texas to railroad centers to the north was called a cattle drive. Cattle drives took many months to complete. Some of the cowboys would drive the cattle to Kansas and not want to go back to the ranch after being paid. Then ranchers would have to hire more hands the next cattle drive season.
Why did Texas ranchers send their longhorn on cattle drive?
Texas Ranchers sent their longhorns on cattle drives because the demand of the cattle in Texas was low. But high in the north and east. Demand and supply affect the price of nearly everything that was bought and sold - not just the cattle.
Why is the Chisholm trail?
The Chisholm Trail was important because it is how cattle were driven from Texas to Kansas before the railroad expanded. It was the main route ranchers used and it allowed them to get beef to the Northeast and the sale of cattle helped Texas get out of the poverty left over from the Civil War.
What was the purpose of the chisholm trail?
The Chisholm Trail was important because it is how cattle were driven from Texas to Kansas before the railroad expanded. It was the main route ranchers used and it allowed them to get beef to the Northeast and the sale of cattle helped Texas get out of the poverty left over from the Civil War.
What became important to the development of the cattle industry in the Great Plains in the late 19th century?
The railroads significantly opened the cattle industry to sales and sales meant ranchers could expand their lands and herds. Ranchers from even Texas could drive herds north to meet the railroad, and both factors helped develop towns in the Great Plains.
Why did Texas ranchers herd their longhorn to cattle drives?
Before the arrival of the railways, cattle had to be herded to market, often over a long distance.
