Cowboys and changes to the cattle industry
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- Created on: 24-06-18 14:11
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- Cowboys and changes in the cattle industry
- Cowboys (in Texas)
- Made up 'oufits'
- Hired by herd owners
- Led cattle on drives to sell
- Got drunk and spent money
- Led cattle on drives to sell
- Hired by herd owners
- Winter
- usually found other jobs in town
- If kept on would watch over cattle
- Spring
- Would round up cattle and mark babies
- Lonely job
- Made up 'oufits'
- Changes on the Plains
- Open-range
- Cattle were free to roam
- Drives to railhead took days rather than months
- Winters
- Snow and ice
- Cattle couldn't reach grass
- Cattle got stuck
- Cowboys
- Ride out to help cattle
- Live in sod-houses on perimeter
- Snow and ice
- Open-range
- Cowboys (in Texas)
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