History - Westward Expansion - Cattle Industry Flashcards
When the Texans returned from the defeat in the civil war, what was the state of the ranches in?
Smithsonian institute estimated in 1865 that 5 million semi wild cattle roamed the Texan plains
Where dis the cattle in Texas come from?
European invaders in the previous centuries, Texas long horn from the Spanish imports
The Texan long horns had a disease called Texas fever that spread when animals came into contact with each other. This meant that Texan cattle divers were turned away when driving cattle North. How did they get over this problem and who pioneered it?
Charles goodnight and his partner Oliver loving drove their cattle to fort sumner and sold them to the army and then Indians on their reservations as well as railroad builders and miners.
By 1870 the U.S. government was buying up to 60,000 cattle to distribute to Indians
In 1866 cattle was driven for the first time from Texas to _______, a town on the rail road.
Sedalia, Kansas
Who created the cow town of Abilene and how did he do it?
Joseph McCoy, enterprising cattle dealer.
Bought land, builds stock pens and advertised the town as a shipping point to other cattlemen
What were the name of the other cow towns in the west and how successful were they?
Dodge city, Newton
From 1867-85 nearly four million cattle passed through the cow towns to be shipped to the east
