ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Shawnee/Sedalia
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Chisholm
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Goodnight-Loving
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Great Western
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Vaquero
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1800s, Texas ranchers used four major cattle trails to drive their cattle to railheads so they could be shipped to market. They were the Shawnee Trail, the Chisolm Trail, the Western Trail, and the Goodnight-Loving Trail.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Chisholm Trail Jesse Chisholm created the famous “Chisholm Trail” in 1865. Cowboys and vaqueros brought cattle up north on his trail the first time in 1866. When Jesse Chisholm started his trail in 1865 it began near San Antonio.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Western Cattle Trail was first traveled by Captain John T. Lytle in 1874 when he was transporting 3, 500 longhorn cattle up from Southern Texas into Nebraska. In five short years, it became one of the most traveled and famous cattle trails in U.S. history.
Detailed explanation-4: -In its time, the Chisholm Trail was considered to be one of the wonders of the western world. Herds with as many as ten thousand cattle were driven from Texas over the trail to Kansas.