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1865-1895The open-range system for herding cattle existed for thirty years.1866The Goodnight-Loving Trail and Chisholm Trail open, becoming pathways for driving cattle to market.1867Ranchers drive 35,000 Texas cattle up the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas.Horace Greeley urges easterners to “Go West, young man.” 1867-1883Decimation of buffalo herds from millions to only hundreds by immigrants, railroadmen, and hunters. |
 Erwin E. Smith (1886–1947) Shoe Bar range cattle collecting around a water hole then drifting off down the dry bed, possibly the Red River. Shoe Bar Ranch, Texas, 1912 Nitrate negative Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas LC.S59.008 |
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