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1 Chapter 7, Lesson 3: Cattle Ranchers
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2 Texas Cattle (page 238) In the 1860’s ranchers raised and sold longhorn cattle that lived on the Texas plains. Vaqueros (Mexican cowhands) taught their methods of herding on horseback to other cowhands and ranchers in the Southwest Click here to check out a real cattle ranch!

3 Demand and Supply (page 239)
Cattle was in greater demand (the amount of something that people want to buy at certain prices) in the eastern and northern United States ($4 in Texas versus $40 in the east and north. Supply (the amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices) Vocabulary Words: supply and demand  continue to next slide to learn more about supply and demand.

4 Demand and Supply for Cattle continued…(page 239)
Prices for goods are set by using supply and demand REMEMBER… The MORE supply the LESS the cost The LESS the supply the GREATER the cost. Learn more about supply and demand by clicking  here.

5 The Cattle Drives (page 239)
Ranchers sent their cattle to railheads (towns where the railroad tracks begin or end The cattle were loaded onto trains and shipped to cities in the north and east Cowhands had to lead the cattle hundreds of miles from ranches in Texas to railheads – cattle drives These cattle drives took weeks or months to complete! Watch a video on cattle drives click  here.

6 The Cattle Drives continued… (page 239)
Used trails where water and grass were available Shawnee Trail – San Antonia  Kansas City Chisholm Trail – San Antonio  Newton, Abilene, or Ellsworth Great Western Trail – Bandera  Dodge City or Ogallala Goodnight – Loving Trail – Fort Concho  Pueblo, Cheyenne, or Denver Click here to watch a video on the Cattle Drive Trails.

7 Life on the Drives (page 240)
Cattle drives were dangerous, boring, and dirty Spent hours per a day on horseback Slept on the ground Had to guard the heard at night to protect the cattle from thieves and animals.

8 The End of the Drives (page 241)
Invention of barbed wire (twisted wire with sharp barb, or point, every few inches Blocked the cattle trails Growth of the railroads Railheads were nearby to ship cattle Not enough grass to feed all the cattle A terrible winter in killed thousands of cattle Click  here and here for a video on the Cattle Drives.

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