Ch 11 Flashcards
First major cattle drive in Indian territory 1866
East Shawnee Trail
Type of animal that was used in cattle drives
Longhorn cattle
The 101 Wild West show gave birth to a special breed of cowboys in Oklahoma the?
Rodeo cowboys
Cow capital of the world
Dodge city trail
Place to fatten cattle 12 miles from Purcell
Beef creek
Name for men who worked the cattle on trails
Drovers
What group wanted to improve grade of cattle in herds
Cherokee strip livestock Association
What place was in the middle of the Canadian river between Purcell in Lexington
Sandbar saloon
What group wanted to deal with Cherokee to get grazing rights for entire area
Cherokee strip livestock Association
Where the Indians opposed or for rail Road building
Opposed because of loss of More land and creating division among tribes
What Choctaw chief favored railroad building
Jackson McCurtain
Was Indian territory wet or dry
Dry
Was Indian territory wet or dry
Dry
True or false
Did the numbers of cattle in Indian territory increase during the Civil War
False the number and cattle decreased
Where are there taxes placed on cattle by citizens of Indian territory?
Yes it no
Yes
The Cherokee outlet was sold for how much
8.5 million
What part of Indian territory did the Chisholm trail run across
Central
What part of Indian territory did the Shawnee Trail run across
Eastern
Longhorn cattle sometimes carried what fever or disease which put a quarantine in place
Texas fever
How’s the cowboy inspired thousands of books movies and television series
Yes
Along with the rest of the country the 101 fell in the crash of
1929
What was a railhead
Railroad depot; end of railroad track
The first railroad across the Indian territory was the rock island
False it was the MK&T on June 6, 1870
The 1983 PRCA all around cowboy was named at what place? at what event? Who was it
The 1980 3PRCA all-around cowboy was named at the national finals rodeo and then held in Oklahoma City. He was Roy Cooper of Durant Oklahoma
Where was the first major cattle drive
East Shawnee Trail
True or false
Do you round up what the cattlemen work the cattle an estimate which years could perform in the rodeos
False should be the stockyards
What did the cowboy do
What are the many things he did was drove huge herds of Texas Longhorns across the state from the red river north to the Kansas border
What change the structure of cowboy live in many ways made it easier
Barbwire fences
What was the most famous ranch in early Oklahoma
101 Ridge near Ponca City
Carol reaching began in what country in 1494
Mexico
True or false
Miller also arranged for soldiers to bring in the imprisoned black kettle to shoot his last buffalo
False
Who was the famous African-American who created the art of bulldogging by wrestling a steer to the ground with his own individual style of sinking his teeth into the lip of the steer
Bill Pickett
Who is one of the best and most highly respected all-around cowboy of Henrietta Oklahoma and was named PRCA all-around cowboy five times
Jim shoulders
True or false
After the war there were not many Indians involved in raising cattle
False
Did the Cherokee strip livestock Association cheat the Cherokees of their lands
No
Most famous trail in Indian territory follows Highway 81
1867
Chisholm trail
