COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Longhorns "In the days of the longhorns"
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Subject 96 Longhorns
Item Description:
Longhorns "In The Days of The Longhorns", no published source, n.d.
Date:
Undated
Notes:
close of Civil War led to inception of cattle business
Notes:
main hereford raising states: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Dakotas
Notes:
Long Horns raised in Texas
Notes:
lack of railroads in Texas led to moving livestock north via trailing those herds
Notes:
Chisholm, John - opener of Chisholm Trail
Notes:
"The Old Time Trail Drivers of Texas" - Texas trail drivers association - Saunders, George W., president
Notes:
"Trail Drivers of Texas", a book by John Chisholm, based on letters written by men who drove the herds
Notes:
buffalo shipped east to Chicago & other eastern points advertised the shipment of Texas cattle to Abilene (Kan.)
Filename:
WPA Sub 96 LONGHORNS.pdf
Type:
Text