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EspañolCATTLE DRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES
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'Cattle drives' started in the late 1800s in the United States. They typically consisted of a wrangler, a cook, and a cowboy for every 250 to 300 cattle. A wrangler was employed to care for extra horses. The cook drove the chuck wagon and set up camp.
After the Civil War, the north had a huge demand for meat and cowboys met this demand by driving cattle north. Herding cattle north was difficult since the land that the cattle had to cross was being farmed by people under the Homestead Act. Also, beginning in the early 1900s, cattle drives started to lose popularity, as industrial work became more popular. Cattle drives lasted for about 10-11 years.
The cowboys led the cattle on horseback. The cattle drives eventually spread to the states of Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Arizona.
These drives usually faced many hardships that include Indian raids, cattle theft, weather (such as a spring blizzard), and also lack of water. Barbed wires also became widely used toward the end of this period, and the cattle drives nearly ceased to exist due to a limited open range left for the cattle to graze and for the drive to go through. Also, many cattle drives were checked at borders for bringing a diseases native to Texas cattle, such as Texas Fever. The Texas Longhorns were a much hardier breed than the northern cattle, and would rarely die from it. Many cowboys would face intimidation from local cattle ranchers because of this.
On a typical cattle drive, there would be 10 - 15 drovers (the cowhands), the trail boss, the chuckwagon cook, and also the wrangler (the head of the remuda). The drovers would herd the cattle along the trail, and would be positioned at many locations among the herd. Those who rode point, rode in the front, a little behind the trail boss. Then, the next set of experienced drovers would ride swing. After swing, was flank. And last, and least wanted, was drag. Many who rode drag were often new at driving cattle and rode in the dust.
The trail boss made most of the important decisions for the drive and was paid much more than the drovers.
The chuckwagon cook often travelled beside the herd, a little way off.
The wrangler looked after the horses. Most drives would include many horses so that the drovers could rotate horses and not wear them out, or injure any.
★ Drovers' road
★ Gordon's Guide
'Cattle drives' started in the late 1800s in the United States. They typically consisted of a wrangler, a cook, and a cowboy for every 250 to 300 cattle. A wrangler was employed to care for extra horses. The cook drove the chuck wagon and set up camp.
After the Civil War, the north had a huge demand for meat and cowboys met this demand by driving cattle north. Herding cattle north was difficult since the land that the cattle had to cross was being farmed by people under the Homestead Act. Also, beginning in the early 1900s, cattle drives started to lose popularity, as industrial work became more popular. Cattle drives lasted for about 10-11 years.
The cowboys led the cattle on horseback. The cattle drives eventually spread to the states of Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Arizona.
| Contents |
| Problems |
| Jobs |
| See also |
| Notes |
| External links |
Problems
These drives usually faced many hardships that include Indian raids, cattle theft, weather (such as a spring blizzard), and also lack of water. Barbed wires also became widely used toward the end of this period, and the cattle drives nearly ceased to exist due to a limited open range left for the cattle to graze and for the drive to go through. Also, many cattle drives were checked at borders for bringing a diseases native to Texas cattle, such as Texas Fever. The Texas Longhorns were a much hardier breed than the northern cattle, and would rarely die from it. Many cowboys would face intimidation from local cattle ranchers because of this.
Jobs
On a typical cattle drive, there would be 10 - 15 drovers (the cowhands), the trail boss, the chuckwagon cook, and also the wrangler (the head of the remuda). The drovers would herd the cattle along the trail, and would be positioned at many locations among the herd. Those who rode point, rode in the front, a little behind the trail boss. Then, the next set of experienced drovers would ride swing. After swing, was flank. And last, and least wanted, was drag. Many who rode drag were often new at driving cattle and rode in the dust.
The trail boss made most of the important decisions for the drive and was paid much more than the drovers.
The chuckwagon cook often travelled beside the herd, a little way off.
The wrangler looked after the horses. Most drives would include many horses so that the drovers could rotate horses and not wear them out, or injure any.
See also
★ Drovers' road
Notes
External links
★ Gordon's Guide
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