| In the State of Texas the Western Cowboy
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| | fences as fast as they were being built.
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| can be found home on the range. But can
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| | The government made the problem even
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| you really find a true western cowboy in
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| | worse by offering to give free land
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| the state of Texas? At one time you
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| | holdings to any person who was willing to
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| could find real cowboys in Texas but that
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| | settle the range lands.
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| time was over one hundred years ago.
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| | Many settlers were killed or removed from
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| Up until the end of the war between the
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| | the land which they had claimed. Some
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| north and the south you could find
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| | sold land back to the ranches, but most
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| western cowboys still roaming the range.
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| | were not that lucky. The development of
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| However the end of this conflict brought
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| | the railway which was an excellent mode
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| many changes to the open range.
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| | of transportation to move cattle to the
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| The railway was completed to areas of the
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| | markets, destroyed the need for the long
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| country that previously did not have a
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| | cattle drives. The railway, and the new
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| good system of transport. Cities were
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| | barb wire fencing had literally wiped out
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| rebuilt and new cities sprung up around
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| | the common cowboy.
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| the country. The hard feelings between
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| | This took place over a very short time
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| the north and the south never really
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| | span of about ten years. Some folks will
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| disappeared totally. Even today in some
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| | say that home on the range cowboys have
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| parts of the country there are people who
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| | all but disappeared.
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| still harbor a dislike from the north or
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| | There are a lot of large number of
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| the south.
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| | working ranches still today with vast
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| In the later part of the 1860s a new
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| | tracks of land but many of the best
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| invention devastated the open range. A
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| | valleys and most fertile land has been
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| new type of wire with barbs attached
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| | purchased by large corporations. The
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| started showing up all over the United
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| | cowboy of today has changed a lot from
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| States of America. The introduction of
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| | the cowboy of fifty years ago. The days
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| this wire began a new type of war in some
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| | of driving a thousand head of cattle and
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| states. It was known as the range wars.
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| | horses are long gone and remain only as a
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| The barb wire actually pitted neighbor
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| | legend and a fond memory.
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| against neighbor, and family members
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| | The modern cowboy looks like the western
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| against family members. What was known a
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| | cowboy of the past. Today's cowboy still
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| free range land where cattle were moved
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| | uses his horse as did the western cowboy
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| from one location to another was no more.
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| | of the State of Texas from bye gone
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| The cattle men now had to contend with
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| | times. But the way he manages his land
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| land grabs by farmers and those who
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| | has changed as have the cattle drives.
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| wanted their own free range land. Large
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| | If one takes a moment to stand on the
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| tracks of land was being fenced off all
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| | range and listen carefully you might hear
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| over the states. As the cattlemen tried
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| | the thunder of hoofs and the call of the
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| to maintain their holdings they would
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| | western cowboy off in the distance, and
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| hire bounty hunters to tear out the
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| | experience a glimpse of our past.
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