THE CATTLE INDUSTRYAND

RAILROADS IN TEXAS

Grade 04

Social Studies

Unit: 09 Lesson 02

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CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

Check your answers on your Reading Notes: Cattle and Railroad Industry Handout.

Your answers do NOT need to match my answers exactly.

You may add to your answers or change an answer as we go through the PowerPoint.

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HOW DID THE CATTLE INDUSTRY BEGIN IN

TEXAS?

The Spanish brought cattle to

Texas and the vaquero (cowboy)

took care of them on ranches.

Do any of you know someone who

is a rancher or a cowboy?

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WHY DID THE CATTLE INDUSTRY GROW IN TEXAS AFTER THE CIVIL

WAR?

There was a demand for beef as a

food source, especially in the

North.

Texas had a large supply of cattle.

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HOW DID TEXANS GET THEIR CATTLE TO MARKET?

Texans got their cattle to

market by cattle drives.

Name at least two states that

had railroads that got cattle to

market.

Two states could include

Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska,

and Missouri.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk

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NAME A CONTRIBUTION MADE BY CHARLES

GOODNIGHT.

Charles Goodnight was

a cowboy who blazed

the Goodnight Loving

cattle trail.

The trail extended from

Texas to Wyoming. Image source: http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/d_

h/goodnight.htm

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NAME A CONTRIBUTION MADE BY RICHARD KING.

Richard King was the

founder of the largest

ranch in Texas called the

King Ranch.

Have any of you visited

the King Ranch?Image source:

http://www.stxmaps.com/go/the-king-ranch-in-1864.html

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NAME A CONTRIBUTION MADE BY LIZZIE JOHNSON .

Lizzie Johnson was the first

woman in Texas to ride the

Chisholm Trail and own a ranch.

How many of you would like to go

on a cattle drive or own a ranch?

Is there anyone in our class who

has actually worked cattle on

horseback?

Image source: http://celiahayes.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/th

e-anti-lily-bart-lizzie-johnson-williams/

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D R AW A N D L A B E L T W O P I C T U R E S O F T W O E XA M P L E S O F T E C H N O L O G Y T H AT W E R E

D E V E L O P E D B E C A U S E O F T H E C ATT L E I N D U S T RY.

Image from: http://openclipart.org/detail/19289

Barbwire is a twisted wire with sharp points

that fenced in cattle.

Joseph Glidden invented barbwire, which

helped ranchers keep their herds safe from

cattle rustlers, although ranchers first

preferred their herds to roam the open range.Image source:

http://en.wikipedia.org

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D R AW A N D L A B E L T W O P I C T U R E S O F T W O E XA M P L E S O F T E C H N O L O G Y T H AT W E R E

D E V E L O P E D B E C A U S E O F T H E C ATT L E I N D U S T RY.

Windmills pumped water from

under the ground, so cattle did

not have to be herded to a water

source.

Windmills helped ranchers lose

fewer head of cattle to drought.

Windmills also helped ranching

become more profitable.Image from:

http://www.clipartlab.com/clipart_preview/structures.p

hp

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WHAT LED TO THE END OF THE CATTLE INDUSTRY?

Settlers moved to Texas and fenced-in the

open range.

This left fewer acres of land for grazing cattle.

This is why ranchers and farmers were

sometimes not friendly to one another in the

late 1800s.

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THE RAILROAD COMES TO TEXAS!

Image source: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/clip/oldtrain.html

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THE RAILROAD COMES TO TEXAS!

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NAME AT LEAST TWO INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE

RAILROAD.

Railroad transferred

agriculture products and

lumber to other parts of the

United States.

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BASED ON THE MAP, NAME AT LEAST ONE IMPACT RAILROADS HAD ON

TEXAS.

The railroad caused the growth of cities.

People moved to the cities to start small

businesses that provided goods and

services.

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3-2-1 SUMMARY Turn to a neighbor.

3 = Take turns and tell your neighbor 3 NEW Things you learned about cattle ranching in Texas.

2 = Take turns and tell your neighbor 2 NEW Things you learned about the railroad in Texas.

1 = Take turns and ask your neighbor 1 question you have about cattle ranching or the railroad in Texas.

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