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What were the longs drives like
* Boring, monotonous two or 3 months
* However real danger involved at specific periods when
\-Stampedes of the cattle sparked by lightning or loud noises. Cowboys stopped this by skilfully turning the herd
\-Bad weather
\-Crossing rivers
\-Attack from outlaws or cattle rustlers
\-Or Indians attacking
\-2000-3000 cattle
\-Team of around 10-50
\-Usually single men
* However real danger involved at specific periods when
\-Stampedes of the cattle sparked by lightning or loud noises. Cowboys stopped this by skilfully turning the herd
\-Bad weather
\-Crossing rivers
\-Attack from outlaws or cattle rustlers
\-Or Indians attacking
\-2000-3000 cattle
\-Team of around 10-50
\-Usually single men
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Team
Trail boss
\-made important decisions where to camp
\-route
\-speed
\-where to go
\-Paid most $100
Cook
\-Rode in the chuck wagon
\-Vital
\-$50
Rest- Cowboys
\-$25-$30
2 cowboys rode point
2 on the sides swing and flank
2 at the back drag
Wrangler looked after spare horses as cowboys changed horses every couple of hours
\-made important decisions where to camp
\-route
\-speed
\-where to go
\-Paid most $100
Cook
\-Rode in the chuck wagon
\-Vital
\-$50
Rest- Cowboys
\-$25-$30
2 cowboys rode point
2 on the sides swing and flank
2 at the back drag
Wrangler looked after spare horses as cowboys changed horses every couple of hours
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What did they do to stay awake
Rub tobacco juice in their eyes
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When the drive ended
Ended at a Cowboy town such as Abilene
Where they would then get paid, washed and drunk
Where they would then get paid, washed and drunk
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Clothes
\-cowboy (10 gallon) hat protected from rain snow and warmth
\-bandana protect from sleet, snow and ice from harsh conditions
\-Gloves or hands would hurt
\-Saddle
\-Rope for lasso to catch any strays
\-Denim jeans
\-Spurs- make horse go forward
\-Lever chaps
\-Boots with high heel which fit in the stirrup
\-Gun for protection
\-bandana protect from sleet, snow and ice from harsh conditions
\-Gloves or hands would hurt
\-Saddle
\-Rope for lasso to catch any strays
\-Denim jeans
\-Spurs- make horse go forward
\-Lever chaps
\-Boots with high heel which fit in the stirrup
\-Gun for protection
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Life on the ranch
\-Fewer cowboys needed so some had to search for work
\-repair - fences, barbed wire
\-Checking cattle
\-branding cattle
\-breaking ice for access to grass
\-Round up cattle ready for the long drive
\-repair - fences, barbed wire
\-Checking cattle
\-branding cattle
\-breaking ice for access to grass
\-Round up cattle ready for the long drive
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Conflict with homesteaders
\-No understanding between them
\-Texas fever would kill homesteaders cattle when the Texas cattle crossed homesteader land
\-Thousands of cattle trampling homesteader crops as they couldn’t build big enough fences due to little wood on the plains
\-Rivalry ranchers needed tons of land and homesteaders only needed small plots for cheap prices which got in the way of the ranchers
\-Ranchers would use different techniques to get lots of land would get their family members and farm hands to file claims under the homestead act so they could give it back to their boss
\-Ranchers bought land from railway companies
\-Rich Ranch owners took poor homesteaders to court who couldn’t afford it
\-Accused homesteaders of rustling
\-Ranchers cattle ate homesteaders crops
\-1874 barbed wire was invented but ranchers cowboys cut the wire
\-Sheep farmers conflicted as Sheep carried a disease sheep scab and ate grass right down to the stem which meant it took longer to re grow leaving less grass for cattle
\-Texas fever would kill homesteaders cattle when the Texas cattle crossed homesteader land
\-Thousands of cattle trampling homesteader crops as they couldn’t build big enough fences due to little wood on the plains
\-Rivalry ranchers needed tons of land and homesteaders only needed small plots for cheap prices which got in the way of the ranchers
\-Ranchers would use different techniques to get lots of land would get their family members and farm hands to file claims under the homestead act so they could give it back to their boss
\-Ranchers bought land from railway companies
\-Rich Ranch owners took poor homesteaders to court who couldn’t afford it
\-Accused homesteaders of rustling
\-Ranchers cattle ate homesteaders crops
\-1874 barbed wire was invented but ranchers cowboys cut the wire
\-Sheep farmers conflicted as Sheep carried a disease sheep scab and ate grass right down to the stem which meant it took longer to re grow leaving less grass for cattle
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