Before the railroads were built (a tremendous achievement) everything had to be hauled west on wagons. Keep in mind there were no roads!! Horses, donkeys, and the best of the best, the mule hauled everything.
The Missouri mule is a cross breed between horses and donkeys and they are some of the most hardy, hard-working beasts of burden ever seen on this planet.
But mules can't breed! That is a tragedy I have a friend in Texas who raises donkeys just because he likes them.
Why can't they breed? I am guessing here as is every zoology expert. Evolution has separated them far apart
Hey, Horseychick. What about that as a thesis project?
What do I know?
It would be a good thing because there where many markets across the plains, as railroad swept, cattle ranchers had finially found a way to get to those markets.
The western cattle bonanza refers to the period in the late 19th century when there was a significant increase in the cattle industry in the American West. This was fueled by factors such as the expansion of railroads, demand for beef in growing urban markets, and the availability of open range land for grazing. Ranchers capitalized on these conditions to build massive cattle empires.
There are approximately 18,000 cattle ranchers in Florida, ranging in various sizes.
they branded their cattle (they heated a metal rod with a specific symbol at the end and burned it into their skin).
Joseph McCoy helped the development of the cattle industry by establishing Abilene, Kansas, as a major cattle trading hub where ranchers could bring their cattle to be shipped by rail to eastern markets. This helped to streamline the process of getting cattle from ranches in the West to consumers in the East, contributing to the growth of the industry.
The new rail lines enabled the western cattle ranchers to get their beef to market in better condition (to gain a better price), sooner.
It would be a good thing because there where many markets across the plains, as railroad swept, cattle ranchers had finially found a way to get to those markets.
The western cattle bonanza refers to the period in the late 19th century when there was a significant increase in the cattle industry in the American West. This was fueled by factors such as the expansion of railroads, demand for beef in growing urban markets, and the availability of open range land for grazing. Ranchers capitalized on these conditions to build massive cattle empires.
I'll give you three to choose from: railroads, the terrible winter of 1887 and the Great Depression in the 1930s which were a result from intense overgrazing of rangeland by cattle ranchers.
Ranchers hired cowboys to gather and drive the cattle east. The expansion of the railroads shortened the cattle drive, enabling the cowboys to simply drive the cattle to the nearest rail stockyard.
Before railroads were built in Texas, cattle had to be herded on cattle drives to the nearest railroad. The first railroads in the United States ran from east to west. After the railroads were built that ran north and south, the Texas cattle ranchers had less distance to cover to reach a railroad for transport.
The growth of cities meant there was less land to raise cattle and less grass for cattle to feed on. The railroads helped the cattle industry by allowing ranchers to be able to deliver cattle to areas where they could not be transported on foot.
Ranchers made the western cattle industry profitable. They did this by selling and raising cattle for food and agricultural purposes.
Before railroads were built in Texas, cattle had to be herded on cattle drives to the nearest railroad. The first railroads in the United States ran from east to west. After the railroads were built that ran north and south, the Texas cattle ranchers had less distance to cover to reach a railroad for transport.
Kansas had railroads
Refrigerated railroad cars could take the processed meat to the East. Actually the railroads enabled ranchers to drive their cattle shorter distances to the trains that came to their most local cow-town. The railroads allowed cattle to be transported long distances, quickly and efficiently to distant markets. This meant that herding of cattle on foot over long distances, using much man power, would eventually be consigned to the western cowboy movies.
Chisholm Trail. (: