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A steer. The Texas Longhorn is an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than 8 ft (2.4 m) from tip to tip. [4] It derives from cattle brought from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors from the time of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus until about 1512. [5]
Livestock Weekly is a weekly newspaper published in San Angelo, Texas, that provides international coverage of the livestock industry, focusing on cattle, sheep, goats, range conditions, markets, and ranch life. [1] [2] It was started by Stanley R. Frank in 1948 and was later referred to as "the cowboy's Wall Street Journal." [1] [3]
Black cowboys in the American West accounted for up to 25 percent of workers in the range-cattle industry from the 1860s to 1880s, estimated to be between 6,000 and 9,000 workers. [29] [30] Typically former slaves or children of former slaves, many black men had skills in cattle handling and headed West at the end of the Civil War. [31]
“Dallas, Texas, and Fort Worth have a history of horses, but the last thing either Dallas or Fort Worth wants is a death on their hands of a human or a horse,” Wiederkehr said.
By 1907, the Stockyards sold a million cattle per year. The stockyards was an organized place where cattle, sheep, and hogs could be bought, sold and slaughtered. Fort Worth remained an important part of the cattle industry until the 1950s. Business suffered due to livestock auctions held closer to where the livestock were originally produced. [3]
When Sean Pennington, a 56-year-old cattle farmer based near Canadian, Texas, first saw the flames approaching his ranch, his first concern wasn’t his home – it was his animals.
The following year, the event was given a name, the Texas Fat Stock Show. [5] Tents were erected for the animals, and visitors were charged a twenty-five cent fee to view the livestock. [4] Local ranchers promoted the show to northern meat packers in the hopes of improving the local livestock industry.
The National Ranching Heritage Center, located on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, Texas, is a unique museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history and heritage of ranching in the United States. Established in 1971, the center sits on a 27-acre historical park and features a collection of authentic ranching structures ...