Cowboy Life on the Chisholm Trail
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Objective
I can describe what life was like for cowboys on the Chisholm Trail.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
During the colonial period, the Spanish brought longhorn cattle to the southwest region of the United States, especially Texas.
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Cowboys drove cattle from Texas to cow towns like Cheyenne, Wyoming and Dodge City, Kansas so they could be loaded onto trains and shipped east.
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The invention of barbed wire fencing brought an end to the era of free-roaming cattle and the need for long cattle drives.
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Practice
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What did the Spanish bring to the Southwest that became important to cowboys?
Why did ranchers brand their cattle?
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Exit ticket
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“Describe what a typical day might have been like for a cowboy on the Chisholm Trail.”
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