CowBoy Sunday @ Josephs Court Yesterday. Texas contained vast herds of stray, free-ranging cattle available for free to anyone who could round them up, prior to 1865 when there was little demand for beef. The first large-scale effort to drive cattle from Texas to the nearest railhead for shipment to Chicago occurred in 1866, prior to this time they were harder’s like the bororo of the northern Nigeria. Cattle drives had to strike a balance between speed and the weight of the cattle. While cattle could be driven as far as 25 miles in a single day, they would lose so much weight that they would be hard to sell when they reached the end of the trail. The Danger of uncontrolled Change: Understanding the necessities of unchanging laws.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:18:01 +0000