Cowboys, Cattle, and the Chisholm Trail
By Alex
Introduction
The Chisholm Trail was a key part in the West, but what really happened? Well, here I’m going to tell you about the Chisholm Trail, cowboys, cattle, and life on the trail.
Chisholm Trail
The Chisholm Trail was a trail that shaped the open range forever. The Chisholm trail was popular because it had no forests, hills, or towns and very easy rivers. And it led to a railway station or cattle town so they could sell the cattle and sell them to Eastern slaughterhouses for beef.
Cowboys
Cowboys were the first explorers of the West and Cowboys were always on the trail driving cattle but not all of them are the gunslinging men you have grown to know but most were Hispanic vaquero’s Negro or Native American teens. There were different kinds of cowboys on the drive and that supported the drive these cowboys were drag Riders, flank riders, side riders, point riders, trail bosses Cooks, and bronco busters. the first I’m going to start with Is the Riders they controlled the herd in different places the drag riders bring up the rear the flank riders prevented strays side riders prevented them from widening out, and trail bosses led them. The cook always drove ahead so he could prepare the meal and did what his name said. And everyone needed horses so people hired bronco busters to make broncos rideable.
Cattle
The cattle that they shipped to market have a long story they came from Spain and spread, multiplied, and became plentiful. The cattle were anyone's but they weren’t much and people wouldn’t pay much for them but people knew they would be worth money in the east.
Life on the Trail
Life on the trail was hard for cowboys here was the average day for a cowboy. John woke up to the cooks bell he had only got a few hours of sleep because he was on night watch he could barely get out of his bedroll because he was on the night shift that night. As everyone got on their clothes the trail boss made a path where they would go through on the trail. The chuck wagon already went forward to do prepare lunch John was point rider his job was to lead the cattle he rode all day singing songs and playing his harmonica stopped for lunch and rode all day, when they finally stopped the cook picked people for night shift and he was glad he wasn’t on shift, but he hummed to the cattle lullabies.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I think that cowboys helped the West form by forming cattle towns and becoming a known face.
Bibliography
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar112180&st=chisholm+trail#tab=homepagephy
Kalman, Bobbie. Life on the Trail. Crabtree, 1999.
http://www.longhorntours.com/Promo_Photos/Texas_Longhorn/TexasLonghornIndex.HTM
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