Cowboys
Kelly: Hardships and Conflicts
-Long cattle drives
-Long hours
-Had to protect cattle
-Looking out for rustlers and other wild animals
-Lonely
-Stampedes
-Very tough job
The Cattle Kingdom Ends
To fit in and to be less discriminated against many of the different races and cultures would become cowboys. They also traded ideas of how to grow crops.
Native Americans
and
Cowboys
The profit from cattle was booming. The cattle were becoming less and less so there were not enough of them to sell.
Jolie: A Few More
Facts
Caroline: Maps
~The cowboys had a long and torturous journey on their way from Texas to Kansas to get to the rail roads.
~They also had to cross through the Indian territory and that wasn't an easy task. The Indians were very territorial.
~They had good hiding places and good weaponry.
~These trails were very important to the cowboys.
~ They were their way of getting to the railroads efficiently and safely.
***Fun Fact***
The Chisholm trail was 220 miles long!