THE DEVELOPMENT OF CATTLE RANCHING,AMERICAN WEST (1840-1895)

AMERICAN WEST (1840-1895)

THE DEVELOPMENT O CATTLE RANCHING:

Cattle Ranching- a brief history:

1820-1865: Origins in Texas

• Ranching first started in Texas, with ranches mostly manned by Mexican cowboys called Vaqueros
• The Civil War started in 1861, and Texans went off to fight. The cattle roamed free as huge herds grew up. On returning home, the Texans started rounding them up and driving them to sell in places such as New Orleams and California.

1865-1870: The 'Long Drives'- first 'open range' ranch

• Realising that there was a great demand for beef in The North of the USA, the Texans drove their cattle North on a long drive to Sedalia in Missouri,where they were loaded onto trains for Chicago.
• Two Texas ranchers, Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving, pioneered a second trail, to Denver in Coloarado,where they sold their cattle to gold miners.
• In 1868, a rancher named John Lliff…