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Social StudiesChapter 19
Section 3The Cattle Kingdom
Creating a Cattle Kingdom
• The Spaniards set up ranches in the SW• After the CW the demand for beef
increased• Cattle drives drove animals hundreds of
miles north• The Chisholm Trail linked Texas and the
Kansas Pacific RxR• American cowboys learned much of their
trade from the Sp vaqueros
The Cow Towns
• Cowboys worst fear was what?• Cow towns had pens to hold
thousands of cattle until they could be loaded on trains headed east.
• Towns were created along these routes and increased the economy
• This created a boom, but it would not last
The Cattle Boom
• Open range where cattle could roam and eat
• Conflicts arose. Why?• Cattle kingdom came to an end for 4
reasons:– Fences– Large grants to RxR limited the ranges– Nature: not enough grasslands– Texas fever destroyed herds