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one factor was barbed wire. As farmers and ranchers wisened up, they used the wire to fence in their cattle, destroying the use of cowboys, and taking away one aspect of the "wide open west".
Herds of cattle took over the plains and destroyed the grass. In 1883 t big drought struck and water streams dried up and prairie fires grazed. Also the barbed wire and the natural disasters.
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Which factors contributed to the end of open range cattle reaching in the mid 1800s?
Drop in beef prices and the invension of barbed wire. NOVANET
What are the release dates for Open End - 1958 1963-03-21?
Open End - 1958 1963-03-21 was released on: USA: 21 March 1963
Is the Broadway musical wicked an open end run?
yes!
Are voting lines for the X Factor open on Fridays?
No, they are only open from the end of the first show to the beginning of the results show.
Which event near the end of the 19th century caused great anxiety in England?
The German defeat of France
What brought an end to the open range?
barbed wire
What invention brought an end to the open range?
barbed wire
How did Open range end?
The cattle were set free to graze on "open" or public land and were marked by those who owned them so after breeding they were let go in the spring and would be regathered during the fall and as a result they grew to such an immense size that they began to overgraze and caused the rangelands quality to decrease and as a result they all suffered resulting in the deaths of a great deal of the cattle causing an end to open range ranching
How did open range ranching end?
The cattle were set free to graze on "open" or public land and were marked by those who owned them so after breeding they were let go in the spring and would be regathered during the fall and as a result they grew to such an immense size that they began to overgraze and caused the rangelands quality to decrease and as a result they all suffered resulting in the deaths of a great deal of the cattle causing an end to open range ranching
What helped bring an end to the open range?
The enclosure movement, inspired by the creation of barbed wire, was a factor that led to the end of the open range. The creation of the refrigerated boxcar was another factor. Another factor was a shift to smaller herds.
What invention helped bring the end to the open range of the frontier west?
Barbed wire
What factors helped bring an end to open range?
The enclosure movement, inspired by the creation of barbed wire, was a factor that led to the end of the open range. The creation of the refrigerated boxcar was another factor. Another factor was a shift to smaller herds.
What contributed to the end of open-range cattle ranching in the mid-1880s?
The invention of barbed wire ended the open range
What new invention finally brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?
Barbed wire
The Homestead Act helped settle the Great Plains and put an end to the?
I just took the test and it is the "Open Range"
Why did the cattle boom end in Texas?
Barbed wire fenced off open range, the range wars, harsh weather and disease, etc. etc. Hope this helped.
The Homestead act helped settle the great plain and put an end to the?
open range -just did the test got it right
