How did the cattle industry of the 1800s build on it's Spanish beginnings
Cattle ranching started in Texas in the 1800s.
Americans didn't think that cattle ranches were practical on the great plains because the cattle had a hard time surviving. The great plains were dry and there was not a lot of grazing land in the 1800s.
Hard. Very Hard. Unbelievably HARD.
In the late 1800s the Chisolm trail was used to drive cattle by cowboys. The cowboys originated in Texas and drove the cattle to Kansas to be sold.
Hard. Very Hard. Unbelievably HARD.
The famous Texas Longhorns of course!
Barbed Wire
12 million cubic Hunters.
Being able to brand your cows so that they could be identified and Fencing off land so cattle were not lost were two things that helped make cattle ranching so profitable in the late 1800s. Railroads helped cut the transportation costs.
expansion of railway lines
too transport beef too the north