Cattle trails disappeared mostly because of the sudden onslaught of people moving to the West, and a sudden drop in the value of cattle because of all the people coming to herd them, which caused the growth of plotting land and farming in the West.
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The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 significantly altered the cattle drive landscape by providing a faster and more efficient means of transporting cattle to markets, particularly in the East. This reduced the need for long cattle drives, as ranchers could ship their livestock directly via rail. Additionally, the expansion of railroads led to the development of new towns and markets along the routes, diminishing the traditional cattle drive's economic viability. Ultimately, the railroad facilitated a shift in the cattle industry from seasonal drives to a more stable, year-round shipping model.
One reason for the end of the western cattle bonanza was--overgrazing of the plains. (NovaNet)
over grazing of the plains.
Raising cattle is believed to have begun around 10,500 years ago in the Near East, particularly with the domestication of the aurochs. This practice spread across various cultures and regions, evolving into modern cattle farming. While there is no definitive end to raising cattle, it continues today and is integral to agriculture and food systems worldwide, adapting to changing societal needs and environmental concerns.
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at the end of the cattle drive, the cowboys rest and drink and fight
Go to the saloon for a few drinks, then head on back home after all the cattle had been sold.
cattle froze because of frigid temperaturespeople stoped buying meattravels were too longovergrazingcattle got stuck in barb wire fences
To the end of your drive.
Those were jobs that were available. There was lots of demand back east in restaurants for beef, the cattle were raised out west far from the few western railroads, so it was necessary to hire cowboys to drive the cattle all the way from the range to the railroad. Within about 10 years the railroads expanded and went directly to where the cattle were raised and the age of cowboys and long cattle drives came to an end. The cowboys lost their jobs.
Moving the cattle from point "A" to point "B" for sale, and at the end, selling them all.
If you raise the back end higher than the front end, no.
This is an old cowboy term used at the end of the cattle drive. It means pay off the riders and let them go celebrate.
It was how the cattle was taken from the open ranges in cattle regions like Texas to the cow towns like Abilene where the drives would meet the railroads. From there the cattle would be loaded on rolling frieght and shipped to either the markets in the cities, or after the invention of the refrigerated rail car, shipped to meatpacking plants in Chicago or Green Bay, where they were butchered. with the advent of barbed wire and the opening of the Great Plains to farming cattle drives became less common. These factors combined with a glut (too many cows = falling prices) on the cattle market led to the end of the "open range cattle drives"
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