2. The Osage Trade by Oklahoma Artist Charles Banks Wilson.
Unit 3
Settlement
The Osage Trade by Oklahoma Artist Charles Banks Wilson.

3. Cattle Trails and Railroads
Chapter 11
Cattle Trails and Railroads
Range Cattle Industry
The Chisholm Trail
Longhorn Cattle
The Western Trail
Purcell, A Railhead
Sandbar Saloon

4. Cattle Trails and Railroads Cherokee Strip Livestock Association
Chapter 11
Cattle Trails and Railroads
Beef Creek
The Cherokee Outlet
Cherokee Strip Livestock Association
Purchasing the Outlet
Railroads
Coal

5. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Why were cattle trails founded and why did they decline?
How did the Reconstruction treaties between Indian tribes and the United States government bring about the growth of railroads across Indian Territory?
How did the Civil War affect tribal livestock raising?
How did the first cattle trail improve the economy of eastern Indian Territory?
Why was the Cherokee Livestock Association formed?
How did the government obtain rights to Cherokee lands?

6. All In a Day’s Work by Oklahoma artist Charles Banks Wilson shows longhorn cattle crossing a river during a cattle drive.

8. Longhorn cattle could stampede when spooked by sudden noises.

9. 1915 railroad maps of western and eastern Oklahoma
1915 railroad maps of western and eastern Oklahoma. Can you find what train you would use to go to Oklahoma City or Tulsa? (Train tracks are represented by black lines.)

10. 1915 railroad maps of western and eastern Oklahoma
1915 railroad maps of western and eastern Oklahoma. Can you find what train you would use to go to Oklahoma City or Tulsa? (Train tracks are represented by black lines.)