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Cattlemen and Sheepherders

TheCattleTrailsTheCattleTrails

Land Use: 1880s

New Agricultural Technology “Prairie Fan” Water Pump Steel Plow [“Sod Buster”]

Barbed Wire Joseph Glidden

The Farmers

Demand For Beef Demand for beef in the East rises A steer in Texas costs $4, in the North=$40 Cattle drivers would bring cattle to railroads to be shipped to meatpacking cities such as Chicago

Ranching As A Big Business Between 1882 and 1886 more than 400 cattle corporations sprang up in the West Most were backed by eastern U.S. and European investors

Frontier Settlements:

Homestead Act Gave applicant ownership of land at little to no cost Immigrants, farmers with no land, single women and former slaves could all apply Homesteader had to be – Head of household – At least 21 years old – Live on designated land – Build a home – Make improvements – Farm land for minimum for 5 years

Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 Far and Away Scene

Regional Population Distribution by Race: 1900

Black “Exoduster” Homesteader s

Blacks Moving West

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