![]() Number of Native Americans who were not happy about theĪmount of money they were paid or the diseases that wereīeing brought, attacked the cattlemen and seized theirĪddition to these problems, Texas cattle were soon banned (caused by cattle tick) to these Native Americans. Unfortunately, the cattlemen also brought a strange disease With the plains tribes for grazing and crossing rights. Trails multiplied in western Oklahoma, cattlemen negotiated It ran straight north-south through central Oklahoma,Ĭattle Drive Music Video (If you cannot see this video, Of these trails was the Chisholm Trail, named for ![]() Louis.Īs the railroads expanded west, Texans kept cutting To Baxter Springs, Kansas, and then on to St. Red River, then northeast through Eastern Indian Territory So the ranchers began driving them north across the War, the North was paying higher prices for cattle, The Civil War, the cattle markets were in New Orleans, ![]() Gave them the name of “ Longhorns.” They could run almost as fast as a horse. Originated from Spanish stock and fed on buffalo and Large herds of cattle roamed freely in Texas. The Civil War, the North and East had a beef shortage. Harvey Girls - video about the Harvey Girls (scroll down to bottom of page for video) and read about Fred Harvey and family. Primary sources (maps and travel schedule for 1882) Outlaws of the old west train station movie#The Great Train Robbery - Silent Movie made in 1903 by Railroad Yard, Copyright © 2006 by Cindy Downes Profitable businesses and a big incentive for statehood. The rails brought lumber, food,Ĭlothes, and supplies to the new settlers, resulting in Right to lay track across Indian Territory. Reconstruction treaty of 1866 granted the railroads the Charlotte is the great, great aunt ofĮubanks (a friend of mine) who gave me permission to use this photo. Is a picture of some Harvey girls at the Vinita depot Girls served gourmet meals to passengers on the railwaysĭuring the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s. (named after Jesse Chisholm, a guide and trader) becameįamous as a cattle trail during these years. Stations were eventually built in Wichita, Dodge CityĪnd other places in Kansas. Tribes charged a toll to cross their lands. ![]() Head was driven north each year from Texas. Up through the western part of Indian Territory, therebyĪvoiding the Indian settlements. Kansas, and convinced the cattlemen to drive their cattle The railroads into building a shipping station in Abilene, Of Texas Fever brought by cattle to the Native Americans The railroadsīrought gamblers, drifters, and law-abiding citizens A single locomotive, also calledĪn “Iron Horse” cost about $10,000 to build.Īs trains chugged across the prairies, large herds ofīuffalo often held up the trains for hours. The first locomotives burned wood for fuel. Slaves, and civil war veterans, laid 260,000 miles of Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, which was wesNat ofĬhinese immigrants along with Native Americans, freed Louis & San Francisco, which cut through theĬhoctaw Nation running southwesterly, and the Chicago Which ran north-south through the middle of Oklahoma, Other important railroads included the Santa Fe Railroad, also becameįirst railroad in Oklahoma was the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Transportationīetween Oklahoma and the rest of the U.S. Pork, cotton, corn, wheat, and later coal, could reach The early 1870s, the railroads became a major factor in West to California in pack trains and wagon trains. The east, looking for new places to settle, began moving ![]() History Online - Sample Unit 7: Railroads, Cattle Drives,Īrea beyond the Mississippi River calling it the “Great ![]()
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