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The End of the Open Range
By: Rachel Lewis, Jonathan Points, and Samantha Shoalmire
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Ranching in the West As Native Americans were pushed out
of West Texas, ranchers moved in. The 1st West Texas ranchers generally
owned little or no land. Most of their livestock grazed on the
open range. This was a vast area of undeveloped land held by the state government for future sale.
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Ranching Methods In the 1870s there was so much
public land in west Texas that most of the early ranchers found no need to buy any land.
Ranching on the open range worked fairly well in those days.
Not even thousands of cattle could crowd the vast west Texas.
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Land Policies
In the 1850s the Texas state government offered free public land to encourage internal improvements.
These changes would help increase the regions economy and population.
Texas offered public land near railroad lines for $1.50 per acre.
In a few years it was lowered to one $1.00 near the track an $0.50 per acre for all of the land.
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Land & Cattle Companies Many who had once shared land
now felt they had to own land. Some ranchers received financial
partners who shared the profits. Huge privately owned ranches soon
developed including the J.A. ranch. The growth of these privately
owned ranches pushed out most of the open range ranches.
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Range wars As ranchers began fencing in their land in
the 1880s, conflicts worsened. Some fences cut off public roads and water
supplies. Angry farmers fought back by cutting
fences. By 1883 a “range war” had developed over
the issues of fences and fence cutting. People who fenced across public roads now
had to provide gates and keep them in good repair.
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The End and Beginning The expansion of the railroads in Texas
also made the cattle drives unnecessary since most ranchers used the railroad to transport the animals to market.
Armed ranchers patrolled the cattle trails to prevent sick cattle carrying Texas fever from infecting their cattle.
Texas ranchers also had competition with superior breeds of stock for beef being raised in Montana and Wyoming.
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Changes for Cowboys The end of the open range & cattle
drives also meant the end for cowboys. Fewer long trails existed for cowboys. The cowboys who still had their jobs
spent their time setting fence posts and stringing barbed wire.
In 1883, some Panhandle cowboys went on strike.
The Texas Rangers were called in to stop the cowboys and the strike failed.
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The Big Die-Up The final blow to the old way of
ranching occurred in 1885 and 1886. Ranchers built drift fences that went
from New Mexico to Indian Territory. These fences prevented cattle with
Texas fever from going into another region and infecting healthy herds.
In 1885, a huge blizzard struck the plains.
This was called the Big Die-Up.
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Modern Ranching Begins The Big Die-Up marked the start of
the modern ranching industry in Texas.
The cattlemen who still had jobs determined how much pasture each group of cattle required.
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The End of the Open Range