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The Frontier: Mooooving West

An Introduction to historical concepts and how Cattle became the first big business along the Frontier. Timeframe: America 1850-1890

AB
HistoryStudy of a society's past
History: Society/Memory:____Individual
Two basic concepts of historyContinuity and Change
Two types of sourcesPrimary and Secondary
ChronologyTimeline
LonghornsWild cattle that formed the basis for the Texas cattle industry
3 characteristics of Longhornseat anything; smell water; fierce
Cowboy EquationCows + Grass + Cowboys + $
3 characteristics of native prairie grasshealthy; cures on stalk; year round fodder
Original CowboysMexican Vaqueros
Ten-gallon hatexamples of functional cowboy clothing
3 characteristics of cowboysSingle, young, Several racial and ethnic types including vaqueros, Southerners and Blacks
3 examples of cowboy cooperationSpring and Fall roundups and long drive
Abilene, KansasFirst planned "cowtown"
3 reasons why long drive died outOvergrazing, barbed wire, and blizzard of '86
Artist who painted "Fight for the Waterhole"Frederick A. Remington
Artist who drew "Waiting for a Chinook"Charles M. Russell

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