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It made it 100 times easier to transport meat and other cattle products to areas of america that they wouldn't of been able to earlier. Because they didn't have to walk the cattle across the plains it made cattle available year round and delivered a better quality of meat. The railroad spiked the economy in regards to the cattle industry.
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What were cattle drives used for?
Moving cattle from range land to the shipping railroad heads, before highways and trailer trucks were available.
Does free range refer to railroad land in Kansas?
Free range originally meant unfenced cattle grazing lands.
Free range refers to railroad land in Kansas?
Free range originally meant unfenced cattle grazing lands.
What impact did the American cattle industry have on the growth of the nation?
The open range and the cattle industry contributed to the development of the western US enormously. The infrastructure including rail road was improved and people got job opportunities to work in the cattle industry.
Why were railroad lines built in Texas?
The first railroads built in Texas were used to transport cattle from the open range to the Chicago markets. With their completion the age of cattle drives and cowboys came to an end.
How did the cattle boom come to a end?
Cattle drives soon ended in the late 1800's to the early 1900's because of fierce winter storms, barbed wire, drought, overgrazing, and the near extinction of the population of Longhorns originating from Spain and developed in the wilds of southwestern America.
WHAT did open range of Texas Colorado and Wyoming become important areas for?
cattle ranching
What did the open range of Texas Colorado and wyoming become important areas for?
Cattle ranching
When was Copper Range Railroad created?
Copper Range Railroad was created in 1899.
When did Copper Range Railroad end?
Copper Range Railroad ended in 1972.
Why did ranchers view barbed wire as a threat?
Barbed wire was a way to stop other ranchers' livestock from getting mixed up with another rancher's livestock. It also was a way to stop squatters from making a homestead on land that wasn't theirs. There were a few free-range cattle drovers back then that didn't own land but grazed their cattle wherever necessary. Barbed wire prevented that as well, and created a kind of necessary ownership of the land.
What is important to open range ranching?
No fences, and all cattle must be branded so come round-up time, the cowboys know which cattle belong to which rancher.
