Cattle Drives and Trails

They were VERY necessary during that time period because no other means of moving cattle existed that time like much easier methods (by use of cattle liners) do today.

While riding on a cattle drive, cowboys would typically carry a bedroll, firearm and ammunition, a knife and a rope lasso.

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More than likely it was a Texican. In order to sell your product you must first get it to market.

The new rail lines enabled the western cattle ranchers to get their beef to market in better condition (to gain a better price), sooner.

There does not appear to be any real estimate of how many cattle were in Texas in 1834. However, there were 5,000 cattle exported from Texas in that year.

Cattle drives haven't ended, they still happen around the world, a lot more frequently than you think, actually.

But back in the late 1800's in the USA and Canada the implementation of barbed wire fences, increasing population of settlers taking over land that could be or would otherwise be used to graze and raise cattle on, the railroad, the invention of the car (which turned into manufacturing large trucks to transport livestock in) and the Great Winter of 1885-86 where thousands of cattle died of starvation all came together to bring the great, one-hundred-mile-plus cattle drives from the home range to the stockyards to an end. It was no longer needed, wasn't feasible, and easier and easier methods were created to transport, rather than herd, cattle from one place to another.

Just about every ethnicity was involved in cattle drives except Indian (and I'm not referring to Native Americans) and Middle East ethnicities. Many African-Americans were involved in cattle drives as much as Caucasians, Mexicans and Europeans were.

cows were first brought over by christopher columbus on his second voyage to america

Cattle trails helped western economic development because they helped to move cattle easily and therefore trading was easier. Ranching helped because they could have the food to themselves in times of drought, and could easily sell to other ranchers who had poor crops. Hoped I helped to answer your question.

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Cowhands led cattle drives in the 1860's to move cattle from the southwest to the nearest rail station where the cattle could be carried north. Cattle were worth about 3 times in the north what they were in the south.

Probaly the Goodnight-Loving trail (not joking, the last names of the two guys who founded it were actually Goodnight and Loving)

life in the western trails were very very hard because people had to walk alot of miles just to get a drink for water and many more

On the open range, cattle were not limited to where they should and couldn't go. Brands simply identified who they belonged to, but even then they could be done over by rustlers who mastered the art of changing a certain brand to something different. But the whole question you're asking may have more to do with the fact that cattle were not confined by fences.

In the "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" episode titled "The Cattle Drive," it is Dr. Michaela Quinn (Dr. Mike) who helps deliver the calf. She receives assistance from Sully, who supports her during the difficult process. Their teamwork highlights both their medical skills and the bond between them, showcasing the challenges of frontier life.

The first cattle that Columbus brought over were in the real southeastern part of the United States (or the New World as Columbus called it), which would be now Florida west to Louisiana, before they spread into what is now the state of Texas. These cattle were shipped over from Spain to the New World.

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They were trails that led from south Texas all the way through Kansas and Dodge City.

And what techniques would those be?

Actually that's when it all really began to take off, not when it ended. 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.

Aunt Kitty's Cattle Drive Baked Beans were first made during a Cattle Drive that was organized by Aunt Kitty in the late 20th century. She created them as a means of feeding the masses when the Kettle Korn King of South Carolina failed to show at the Atlanta State Fair. There were, unfortunately, too few hogs to slaughter, which served as the original plan (Hog Dogs) to supplement the Kettle Korn King's corn. Aunt Kitty, under immense pressure, traveled into the Forbidden Forest to dig up Legume Root, which was the secret ingredient in her baked beans. Kitty dug a hole in the ground, put in all the special ingredients, covered them with molten lava, and then buried it for six weeks. When she returned at the end of the six weeks, with a chisel, hammer, and hairdryer, she painstakingly excavated the baked beans. Having enough to feed the famished frontiersman, she returned to the State Fair/Cattle Drive. Much to her chagrin, the frontiersman were undeniably dead. They had starved without her baked beans. Even more unfortunate, she had a surfeit of baked beans. The surplus was then canned in The Great Canning of 1999. You can pick up your can of Aunt Kitty's Cattle Drive Baked Beans at your local Piggy Wiggly for $5.99. The upcharge is due to the molten lava and excavation costs she incurred a mere three decades ago.

Abilene, Kansas

An average of 14 to 18 miles per day were made on cattle drives.