PPT-THE CATTLE INDUSTRY AND RAILROADS IN TEXAS

Grade 04 Social Studies Unit 09 2012 TESCCC HOW DID THE CATTLE INDUSTRY BEGIN IN TEXAS The Spanish brought cattle to Texas and the vaquero cowboy took care of them on ranches Do any of you know someone who is a rancher or a cowboy. Railroads are necessary for the efficient functioning of a modern economy. . No other transportation mode can handle the bulk shipping necessary for an industrial economy with the speed and efficiency of a modern Diesel-Electric Locomotive on a high quality roadbed.. Railroads are necessary for the efficient functioning of a modern economy. . No other transportation mode can handle the bulk shipping necessary for an industrial economy with the speed and efficiency of a modern Diesel-Electric Locomotive on a high quality roadbed.. Ch. 18, Section 1. Miners, Ranchers, and Railroads. Mining Boom Brings Growth. Prior to the Civil War most Americans saw the Great Plains and the west as the Great American Desert and there were few attempts to settle there until after the war (#1). “Here was all these cheap long-horned steers over-running Texas; here was the rest of the country crying out for beef -- and no railroads in Texas to get them out. So they trailed them out, across hundreds of miles of wild country. -The Transportation Revolution affected trade and daily life. . The 1800s gave rise to a . Transportation Revolution. : a period of rapid growth in new means of transportation.. Transportation Revolution created boom in business by reducing shipping costs and time.. Civil War. , as many as five million longhorn cattle . Descendants of . old Spanish stock. , roamed wild in Texas . At first they were hunted only for their . hides. since there was no way to get them to markets in the East. The West at the Turn of the Century. Life After the Civil War. . SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century. . a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail. . Section 1: Miners and Ranchers. Growth of Mining. Task: How do people try to “get rich quick” today?. Growth of the Mining Industry. Placer mining quartz mining were used.. Growth of Mining. Comstock Lode. Ranching and Farming . Section 1: The Origins of the Cattle Kingdom. The. Spanish Introduce Cattle . The cattle first arrived as a part of the Colombian exchange in the early 1500s from Spain. In the 1690s, Spain began to bring them into the plains of South Texas. By the 1700s, Goliad had close to 25,000 head of cattle.. XIT Ranch. Railroads and refrigeration. 1880s – railroads extended into Texas. Ship cattle from a point closer to home. no refrigeration in Texas – had to send cattle to slaughterhouses. Meat would spoil, otherwise. European cattle (. Bos. . taurus. ) are descendants of the ancient . Auroch. cattle that once roamed Europe; the last one was killed on a game preserve in the 1600’s.. Indian cattle (. Bos. . indicus. Section 2: Transportation and Industry. Texas. Demand Railroad System . Before 1900 most families traveled by wagons and buggies . Poor transportation system slowed the development of Texas and it made it harder to farmers and merchants to market their items. Home on the Range-Lyrics.  . Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,. Where the deer and the antelope play,. Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,. And the skies are not cloudy all day. . Chorus . La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur .