Cattle Barons
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- Cattle Barons
- 1870s: Beef Bonanza
- Cattle industry seen as a sure way to make money
- Ranching grew in poularity
- Free grass
- Almost free land (government acts)
- Cheap rail transportation
- High profits led to lots of investors
- Ranching grew in poularity
- Cattle industry seen as a sure way to make money
- Highest profits came from large ranches with lots of cattle
- Few men backed by rich inverstors
- New territories
- Wyoming
- Colorado
- Controlled politics
- Controlled almost all land
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- 1870s: Beef Bonanza
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