cattle-drive
Moving livestock westward
A cattle-drive is the herding of livestock over long distances to market, railheads, or new grazing land.
The term evokes the American Old West, when cowboys drove herds hundreds of miles along routes like the Chisholm Trail: The cattle-drive took six weeks from Texas to Kansas.
The practice largely ended with the expansion of railroads.
Organized gathering of scattered things
- herdGrazing animals together
- trailPath through wilderness
- cowboysRanch hands tending herds
- longhornsCattle with elongated horns
wranglers · chuck wagon · branding · corral · stockmen · mustangs · lasso · saddle
Frenzied mass flight
- rustlersThose who steal livestock
- predatorsAnimals that kill prey
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
illness · fatigue · river crossing · lightning · storm · snakebite · injury · theft
Path from A to B
- waypointsIntermediate navigation targets
- water sourceOrigin of flow
- river crossingPassage over water
- terrainLand's physical features
provisions · supplies · destination · market · distance · timing · season · weather
Post-Civil War cattle route
- Old WestAmerican cowboy era
- frontierEdge of settlement
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
- railheadTrack's furthest point
Dodge City · Abilene · Texas · Kansas · 1800s · settlers · expansion · open range
roundup
Organized gathering of scattered things
longhorns · wranglers · chuck wagon · branding · corral · stockmen · mustangs · lasso · saddle · spur
stampede
Frenzied mass flight
flood · illness · fatigue · river crossing · lightning · storm · snakebite · injury · theft · strays
route
Path from A to B
- waypointsIntermediate navigation targets
- water sourceOrigin of flow
- river crossingPassage over water
terrain · provisions · supplies · destination · market · distance · timing · season · weather · planning
Chisholm Trail
Post-Civil War cattle route
- Old WestAmerican cowboy era
- frontierEdge of settlement
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
railhead · Dodge City · Abilene · Texas · Kansas · 1800s · settlers · expansion · open range · Wild West
cattle-drivefeedlot
Livestock fattening enclosure
ranch · stockyard · pasture · corral · holding pen
cattle-driveroundup
Organized gathering of scattered things
gathering · corralling · penning · mustering · muster
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