Social StudiesChapter 19

Section 3The Cattle Kingdom

Creating a Cattle Kingdom

• The Spaniards set up ranches in the SW• After the CW the demand for beef

increased• Cattle drives drove animals hundreds of

miles north• The Chisholm Trail linked Texas and the

Kansas Pacific RxR• American cowboys learned much of their

trade from the Sp vaqueros

The Cow Towns

• Cowboys worst fear was what?• Cow towns had pens to hold

thousands of cattle until they could be loaded on trains headed east.

• Towns were created along these routes and increased the economy

• This created a boom, but it would not last

The Cattle Boom

• Open range where cattle could roam and eat

• Conflicts arose. Why?• Cattle kingdom came to an end for 4

reasons:– Fences– Large grants to RxR limited the ranges– Nature: not enough grasslands– Texas fever destroyed herds