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open range
free grazing land made ranching more profitable. -
land
most ranches did not focus on buying lots of land they would focus on buying water rights and ponds. -
cattle drive
life on the trail was difficult and the droughts caused them to lose a lot of cattle. -
cattle drive
The cowboys would bring the cattle to a town by the railroad called railhead. -
cattle drive
cowboys followed cattle to get them to the railroad to be shipped to chicago illinios. -
fencing
barbed wire was a cheap fencing material that the farmers stated to use during the end of the cattle boom. -
ranching
you would have to spend a lot of money to be able to buy land for their ranches. -
cowboys
the cowboys would ride the range to check the water sources to make sure the cattle had water. -
working ranches
you would work really long days and you would work really hard. -
winter
bad winter really hurt the cattle boom by killing off alot of the cattle.