To get them to the railroads for shipment east.
Cattle was first brought to Texas by explorers from Spain or the Spanish.
the spanish
the cowboys
they brought cattle to Texas
Cattle.
The Chisholm Trail was important because it is how cattle were driven from Texas to Kansas before the railroad expanded. It was the main route ranchers used and it allowed them to get beef to the Northeast and the sale of cattle helped Texas get out of the poverty left over from the Civil War.
After the Civil War Texas ranchers drove cattle in herds to Kansas because that is where the big stockyards were at the time. It was also a place for the Texas ranchers to use the railroad for shipping cattle elsewhere.
Spanish settlers
Cattle
Abilene, Kansas
Because they had diseases.
Chisholm