Cattle Boom

By kathompsone
  • Oct 30, 1500

    The First Ranchers

    The earliest rachers in Western America were Spaniards who imported cattle from Spain.

  • Texas Longhorn

    English and Spanish cattle were used to produce a new breed called the Texas Longhorn cattle.

  • Long Drives Start

    George Duffield was on of the first men to lead a long drive and it soon became a normal procedure.

  • Prices Peaked

    Eastern markets boomed, cattle was being sold for a minimum of $40 per head.

  • Cattle Spreads

    Most Mexican and Mexican Americans worked on ranched that spread all the way down into Texas.

  • Prices Increased

    Cattle was now sold $35 a head in Chicago.

  • Prices crashed

    Prices took a quick downfall and cattle was now selling for $8 a head.

  • Diminished Herds

    Winter severity and long summer droughts diminished over 90% of cattle heards.

  • Early End

    Increase of competition for use of open range, lands over populated with cattle and the invention of barbwire fencing lead cattle ranching to an early end.

  • Emigration

    More than 10,000 Basque shepards emigrated from South America to California to be about to ranch.