Tentimes, An animal sold in Texas could increase in value by as much as ________ __________ when sold in Abilene., JohnIliff, He failed to strike it rich at Pike's Peak in 1858-9 so went into ranching who won a contract from the US government to supply beef to the Sioux Indians in 1868., CharlesGoodnight, In 1866, along with Oliver Loving, he drove a herd of cattle to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, where they sold it to feed the army in their forts and the Indians on their reservations., Fiftytosixty, By 1870, how many thousand head of cattle was the US government buying every year to create rations to distribute to Indian reservations?, Homesteaders, Who bitterly resented the cattle drives because it spoiled crops and spread disease?, Sedalia, A solution was to drive the cattle far enough west to a town on the railroad so that the land of the Homesteaders could be avoided., JosephMcCoy, The cattle dealer who created the railhead that linked Texas to Illinois., Abilene, The railhead that linked Texas to Illinois., DodgeCity, An example town that emerged as the railroad moved further west to support cattle trade (its in south west Kansas), Fourmillion, How many cattle passed through the cattle towns in the peak years of the cattle drives, 1867-85?, Indiansdefeated, A key reason why unfenced cattle ranching was possible was because the ______ had been _________, Buffalo, Another reason open ranching was possible was because by 1850s the ______________ had declined completely and by 1883 became virtually extinct., Ticks, It was discovered that keeping cattle on the cold northern plains during the winter would kill the disease carrying ______., GustavusSwift, Developed refrigerated railcars in 1875., Longhorns, Breeding the _______________ with better quality animals from the east improved the quality of the meat., BarbedWire, Arrived in time for the end of the open ranching boom after grass shortage and severe winter killed off most of the herds., Sheeprearing, This type of ranching became another challenge to cattle ranchers by the 1880s., Immigrants, Sheep owners were often _____________ from Europe, Mexico or Native Americans., Water, Homesteaders and cattle ranchers fought over access to...

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