Cowboys and Railroads. The Cattle Industry Becomes Big Business As the herds of buffalo disappeared, horses and cattle flourished on the plains. Before.
Chapter 15 Responding to Changes America Expands Westward Section One Pages 327-329.
Chapter 17 Section 3 The Cattle Kingdom Objectives Explain how the cattle industry began. Describe the life of a cowhand on the trail. Discuss the myth.
Western Frontier. Ranching and Farming Cattle Ranching –Always existed but on the local level no way to get the cows to Eastern cities. What would change?
Tompkins TEXAS HISTORY 4 th 9 weeks. Tompkins Cattle Kingdom.
Chapter 18 The Western Frontier. 1.Subsidies are government grants. The government gave subsidies to companies to build railroads. 2.The Central Pacific.
Westward Expansion
Chapter 19
Ranching and Mining
The Cattle Industry on the Great Plains
Miners, Ranchers and Cowhands
The Changing Frontier (1850-1900) Chapter 9 Section 3.