The 49th Parallel
Because all the cattle that had been raised back east were all killed due to meat needed for the Civil War soldiers. Meat (in the form of beef) came into high demand, so men set out west to find the cattle that were supposedly roaming the south-western part of the US. Upon finding them, they rounded them up in herds up to and over a thousand head and trailed them back east. This turned into a profit-making venture, which attracted more men to ride the range and herd cattle to markets back east.
All of the North American and South American continents are in the Western Hemisphere.
The Western Frontier was from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
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The King Ranch. Its actually Deseret Ranch in Florida
To the east of the Western Interior Mountains and Basins in the US lies the Great Plains region. This area is characterized by flat grasslands and is known for its agricultural production and cattle ranching. It stretches all the way to the Mississippi River.
The cattle kingdom was significant because it helped the US expand in to the western territories. More people headed to the western part of the US to raise cattle.
Cattle have had a positive impact on the US by supplying a nutritious food source. The cattle industry is a very large portion of the economy.
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.
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land use changes and other economic activities have eliminated the open range.
because of the railroads and the fresh grass in the Plains they moved all over US. Barbed wire and long winters were negatives.
TO LIVE! the rainforests are a main supply of oxygen for us! We use the Amazon for logging hydro electric power cattle ranching mining.
US cattle production statistics are reported annually by the Economic Research Service of the US Department of agricutlure. Go to: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ and simply click "Livestock and Animals" on the left navigation bar.
The three great cattle trails include the western trail, the Chisholm trail and the goodnight loving trail.
Cattle ranches in the western part of the US had workers that herded and bred cattle for their meat. Much of the cattle herds were driven by cowboys to St. Louis to be sold and slaughtered. The term "cowboy" comes from the work with cows on these ranches.