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The Cattle Boom

In the early 1800s, Americans adopted cattle ranching techniques from Mexicans.

By:

Panida Promsook

Tori Balena

Collin Stilwell

Dennis O'Connor

Ashley Rivera

Demand Spurs Growth

  • Vast numbers of cattle had roamed wild on the Texas grasslands which increased cattle industry.
  • Texans found beef by rounding up herds at ranches.
  • Before the war-cattle was only sold for 3 dollars to 6 dollars for a head.
  • Cookbooks said pork was difficult to digest and unwholesome so the nation went on a beef binge.
  • After the war- $40 a head in Illinois and $80 in New York.
  • Consumers began to complain about tough beef from Texas longhorn- "The Butcher's Nightmare: eight pounds to hamburger on 800 pounds of bone and horn."
  • 1870's- Refrigerated railroad cars were invented and this cut transportation costs in half because animals were slaughtered before shipping.

Destruction of the Buffalo

  • Cattle ranching became more popular when Native Americans moved more west so the buffalo's are near extinction
  • Factors of destruction

- Buffalo-fur became more popular in the east

- Buffalo-hide leather made sturdy belts to drive

machines in factories

- Buffalo hunting became a more popular sport

- Hunted by huge beasts with poor eye sight

Cow Towns

  • 1867- J.G. McCoy established the town of Abilene, Kansas on the Hannibal
  • St. Joseph Railroad- the first town built specifically for receiving cattle.
  • Cow towns along rail lines: Cheyenne in Wyoming; Dodge City, Wichita, and Ellsworth in Kansas.
  • Activities in cow towns: cattle trades, banking, and other commerce
  • 1872- Cattle business shifted to Wichita but in three years, it had become fenced in by farmers.
  • Dodge City, on the Santa Fe Trail, proclaimed itself the "Cowboy capital of the world."

Questions

1. What factors produced a rapid rise in demand for beef?

2. What was one factor the buffalo was destroyed?

3. Where and when was the first cow town established?

4. What were some activities to do in Cow Towns?

5. What city proclaimed itself the “cowboy capital of the world”?

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