tx history ch 21.3
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Chapter 21: The Cattle Kingdom
Section 3: Ranches, Rangers, & Cowboys
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Ranching in South Texas
•Cattle Kingdom—ranches on the open range from Texas to CanadaBEVO—it’s what’s
for dinner!
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Ranching in South Texas
•King Ranch—very important South Texas ranch
King Ranch is located in Kennedy County
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Ranching in South Texas
•More than one million acres at one time
•Presently 825,000 acres
•Larger than state of Rhode Island
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Ranching in South Texas
•The owners of King Ranch donated land
for the towns of Kingsville &
Raymondville
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Ranches in the Panhandle
• Removal of Indians opened up Panhandle to ranching
• Grass & flat open land good for cattle ranching
• Ogallala Aquifer provided water
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Ranches in the Panhandle
•Farming in the Panhandle expanded after the appearance of windmills.
Windmill
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Ranches in the Panhandle
•John Adair & Charles Goodnight established the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon
Charles Goodnight
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Ranches in the Panhandle
•XIT Ranch—Panhandle ranch bought for the cost of a new state capitol in Austin
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Ranches in the Panhandle
•Covered 3 million acres
•Almost the size of Connecticut
•150,000 cattle
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Ranchers & Cowboys
•Bose Ikard—African American trail driver & rancher
Bose Ikard
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Cowboy Culture
•Cowboy Culture popularized in America by inexpensive novels that glorified cowboy life.
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Cowboy Culture
•Myth: cowboys lived fearless, happy, & worry free lives roaming through rugged but gorgeous landscapes
•Fact: faced many dangers, worked long hours, and received little pay