Until the early 1870's, texas rancers had held great cattle drives of thousands of Longhorns, urging them alonf the 7000-mile Chisholm Trail from San Antonio to Abilene, at a rate of about a dozen miles a day.
from Abilene they were taken by rail to the new meat processing plants in Chicago and Kansas City.
When the Great Plains were cleared of Bison,the new land was opened to range cattle. The Texans sent thier cattle to the plains on the hoof to rest and fatten up, before the last easy journey to the stockyards.
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