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NCSCOS Goal 4

Page 28

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Open Range

-Great Plains area

•Texas to Kansas

-No boundaries to man or

cattle

•Open area free for cattle and men to roam

-low population

The Open Range was mysterious to most Americans, as many had never settled West and had only heard stories about outlaws and Native Americans. Many moved to the Open Range following the

Civil War to be ranchers and cowboys.

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Cattle Kingdom

Greater urban populations demanded more food

•Increased demand for beef

Cattle drives to meet railroads

•Connect open range with cities back East

Chisholm Trail (major cattle drive trail)

Abilene (major cow town)

Legend of the cowboy

Mexican Influences

•Learned to be cowboys from Mexicans

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Cowboys worked 10-14 hours a day on a ranch and even more on the

Trail, alert at all times for any dangers to the herd. A cowboy’s season might

begin with the spring roundup (branding),

followed by the long drive. The cowboy life was

dangerous and lonely, which is why many

celebrated in the cow towns (like Abilene) upon

arrival.

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“We went back to look for him, and we found him…horse and man mashed into the ground as flat as a pancake….We tried to think

that lightning hit him, and that was what we wrote his folks…but we couldn’t believe it ourselves. I’m afraid it wasn’t the lightning.

I’m afraid.. They both went down before the stampede.” ~Teddy Abbott, cowboy

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The Old Chisholm Trail

Come along boys and listen to my tale,I'll tell you of my troubles on the old Chisholm trail.

Come a ti yi yippee, come a ti yi yea,Come a ti yi yippee, come a ti yi yea.

Oh, a ten-dollar hoss and a forty-dollar saddle,And I'm goin' to punchin' Texas cattle.

I wake in the mornin' afore daylight,And afore I sleep the moon shines bright.

It's cloudy in the west, a-lookin' like rain,And my durned old slicker's in the wagon again.

No chaps, no slicker, and it's pourin' down rain,And I swear, by gosh, I'll never night-herd again.

Feet in the stirrups and seat in the saddle,I hung and rattled with them long-horn cattle.

The wind commenced to blow, and the rain began to fall,Hit looked, by grab, like we was goin' to lose 'em all.

I don't give a darn if they never do stop;I'll ride as long as an eight-day clock.

We rounded 'em up and put 'em on the cars,And that was the last of the old Two Bars.

It's bacon and beans most every day,I'd as soon be a-eatin' prairie hay.

I went to the boss to draw my roll,He had it figgered out I was nine dollars in the hole.

Goin' back to town to draw my money,Goin' back home to see my honey.

With my knees in the saddle and my seat in the sky,I'll quit punchin' cows in the sweet by and by.

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Home On The Range

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roamWhere the deer and the antelope playWhere seldom is heard a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy all day Home, home on the rangeWhere the deer and the antelope playWhere seldom is heard a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy all day

How often at night where the heavens are brightWith the light of the glittering starsHave I stood there amazed and asked as I gazedIf their glory exceeds that of ours

Then give me a land where the bright diamond sandFlows leisurely down to the streamWhere the graceful white swan goes gliding alongLike a maid in a heavenly dream

Oh I would not exchange my old home on the rangeWhere the deer and the antelope playWhere the seldom is heard a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy all day

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Cattle’s Decline

Too many cattle

•Over-grazing the land

•Bad weather leaves no food for cattle

Disease

•Killed cattle

Drought

•Dry summers and harsh winters wiped out herds

Barbed wire fences blocked open range

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Mining Towns

Gold Rushes

•People move West to get

rich quickly

•California, 1849

•Sutter’s Mill

Black Hills

•South Dakota

Comstock Lode

•Nevada: discovered $300 million in silver and gold in 20 years

Alaska

Ghost Towns

•“Boomtowns” built quickly to accommodate miners, and they were abandoned just as quickly

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Mining Life

-large mix of people

•All races, mostly men but a few women

-many opportunities for everyone

-saloons, gambling

•Violent towns with no police

-hard luck

•Many made very little or no money and must stay in the West because they cannot

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“Wild West”

Legend of adventure

Wild Bill Hickok

Calamity Jane

Wyatt Earp

Jesse James

Billy the Kid

Dime novels that told western tales

•Romanticized the West

Only lasted 30 years

•1860-1885

Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane

Wyatt Earp Jesse James Billy the Kid