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Chapter 18

Ranchers, Cowboys & Farmers. Chapter 18. Section 2. longhorns. Spanish brought them to Mexico and Texas. Open Range. Cattle is free to roam/no fencing. Brand: A symbol burned into the cattle to show ownership. Cattle $3.00 jumped to $40.00 a head. The Long Drive. Chisholm Trail

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Chapter 18

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  1. Ranchers, Cowboys & Farmers Chapter 18 Section 2

  2. longhorns Spanish brought them to Mexico and Texas.

  3. Open Range Cattle is free to roam/no fencing Brand: A symbol burned into the cattle to show ownership

  4. Cattle $3.00 jumped to $40.00 a head

  5. The Long Drive Chisholm Trail Goodnight-Loving Trail Charlie/Oliver Cow herding 1000 miles or more to meet the railroad Drive started in spring for grass in order to have well fed cattle at market 1860-1880s More than 5 million cattle carried north

  6. Some cowhands were… African American & Hispanic (Confederate army veterans) Vaqueros – Hispanic ranch hands

  7. Cowboys’Equipment chaps – leather leggings wide brim hat (sun) lariats-rope bandana

  8. Life/Hazards on the Trail

  9. The Cattle Bust…what happened ?

  10. Homestead Act Government gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would settle it and live there for 5 years.

  11. Exodusters • African Americans migrated from the south into Kansas in the late 1870s. • Fearing for safety in the south

  12. Life of the farmer…… • Railroads brought farmers to • the west. Railroads and average rainfall brought settlers to the west .

  13. The Farmers’ Frontier Rainfall-drought/ or floods Fires Plagues of grasshoppers Cold Winters #19

  14. Plain farmers - sodbusters Dry farming - Planting deep in the ground to reach moisture using steel plows. Barbed Wire

  15. BOOMERS – lined up to stake their claims of land SOONERS- slipped in before Oklahoma Land Rush 1889

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