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History 8th Chapter 19.3

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cow town
places where cattle were held in great pens until they could be loaded into railroad cars and shipped to markets in the East
Chisolm Trail
famous cattle trail that crossed rivers at the best places and passed by water holes
development of cow towns
place where cattle drives ended along railroad lines Communities were formed where families could thrive. Main street was where people conducted business
cowhand
rode alongside huge herds to keep them moving and round up strays in good and bad weather
chaps
leather leggings protected a rider's legs from the thorny plants that grow in the Southwest
beginning of cattle kingdom
demand for beef, cattle drives to round up longhorns take to railroad
vaquero
skilled riders who herded cattle on ranches in Mexico, California and the Southwest
end of cattle kingdom
farmers moved onto range, fenced their fields. Open ranges began to disappear
Cattle Kingdom
open range producing ranchers, cowboys, cattle drives and cow towns
Cattle drive
driving animals hundreds of miles north to railroad lines

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