COTTON, CATTLE &
RAILROADS
UNIT 9
RAILROAD TRACK
MILEAGE IN TEXAS
• IN THE YEARS BETWEEN 1880-1890
THE MOST GROWTH OF
RAILROAD TRACK MILEAGE IN
TEXAS WAS 11,150 MILES.
RANGE WARS
• THE RANGE WARS BETWEEN
FARMERS AND RANCHERS
WERE CONFLICTS OVER;
CONTROL OF WATER RIGHTS,
USE OF BARBED WIRE AND
THE RAISING OF SHEEP.
THE GROWTH OF
RAILROADS
• THE GROWTH OF RAILROADS
CAME IN AFTER THE CATTLE
DRIVES AND OPEN RANGES
ENDED, NEW CITIES GREW UP
ALONG THE RAIL LINES AND
TEXAS MOVED SUBSISTENCE
FARMING TO COMMERCIAL
FARMING.
JAMES HOGG
• HE WAS A FORMER GOVENOR OF
TEXAS.
• HE SET UP THE TEXAS RAILROAD
COMMISSION.
• PROTECTED CITIZENS FROM
UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES.
MEXICAN CULTURE
• THE MAJOR INFLUENCE THE
MEXICAN CULTURE HAD ON TEXAS
WAS THE ARCHITECTURE.
• THE HISPANIC CULTURE HAD THE
LARGEST POPULATION IN TEXAS.
• QUINCEANERA IS THE
RECOGNITION OF MEXICANAMERICAN TEENAGE GIRLS
REACHING MATURITY.
INTERESTING FACTS
• MOST OF THE CATTLE RAISED IN TEXAS WAS
IN WEST TEXAS.
• MOST OF THE COTTON HARVEST WAS IN
EAST TEXAS.
• THE GROUP THAT ADAPTED TO THE
ENVIROMENT IN TEXAS WAS THE AMERICAN
INDIANS.
• THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WAS USED IN
THE LATE 1800’S IN TEXAS WAS HORSES,
RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS.
INTERESTING FACTS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF RANCHING IN WEST
TEXAS WAS INFLUENCED BY FINDING WATER
RESOURCES.
• THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR AFFECTED THE
CATTLE INDUSTRY, BECAUSE THE DEMAND FOR
BEEF WAS RAPIDLY GROWING IN THE EASTERN
PART OF THE UNITED STATES.
• BUFFALO SOLDIERS WAS THE NICKNAME GIVEN
TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN REGIMENTS OF THE U.S.
ARMY THAT HELP KEEP THE PEACE AMONG THE
AMERICAN INDIAN IN THE WEST.
QUANAH PARKER
• HE WAS THE SON OF AN AMERICAN
WOMEN CAPTURED BY THE
COMANCHES.
• THE LAST CHIEF OF THE COMANCHES
INDIANS AND ROAMED WEST TEXAS.
• ASSIMILATED INTO AMERICAN
CULTURE AND INFLUENCED OTHER
AMERICAN INDIANS.
AMERICAN INDIANS
• CATTLE DRIVES AND WARS WITH
AMERICAN INDIANS OCCURRED
BETWEEN 1860-1900.
• AFTER THE CIVIL WAR THE
AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES WERE
REMOVED TO RESERVATIONS.