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The abundance of longhorn cattle
1866 -- The abundance of longhorn cattle in south Texas and the return of Confederate soldiers to a poor reconstruction economy marked the beginning of the era of Texas trail drives to northern markets. -
Oliver Loving and his partner Charles Goodnight
By 1866, cattlemen Oliver Loving and his partner Charles Goodnight,qqv in search of possible sales among Rocky Mountain miners, drove a herd of cattle westward through dangerous Indian country to New Mexico. -
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Weather issues
Most days were uneventful; a plodding, leisurely pace of ten to fifteen miles a day allowed cattle to graze their way to market in about six weeks. Drudgery was occasionally punctuated with violent weather, stampedes, dangerous river crossings, and, rarely, hostile Indians. Even so, few trail bosses allowed youthful waddies to carry pistols, which were prone to discharge and stampede cattle. -
Buffalo Soldier
Originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth. -
The Chisholm
The best known of the group was the Chisholm Trail, opened in 1867 by and named for Jesse Chisholm, a Cherokee Indian trader -
Conventional constitution
The convention assembled at Austin on June 1, 1868. The ninety delegates consisted of eighty whites and ten blacks. Six of the ninety had been members of the . Most of the delegates had been antebellum opponents of the Democrats and represented Republicans of varied interests. -
Wyoming passes the first law
1869-Wyoming passes the first law in the United States giving women the right to vote. -
Indian Menace
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The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) provided former slaves with national citizenship, and the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) granted black men the right to vote. -
Cattle Drives
By 1873 more than 1.5 million Texas cattle were driven over it to Abilene, as well as to Wichita and Ellsworth. About 1876, most northern cattle drives shifted westward from the Texas Road, in 1874 contract drover John Lytle blazed the Western Trail to Dodge City, but few of his contemporaries immediately followed his path. Cattle prices increased fairly steadily from 1866 through 1870. -
Presidant Grant wins
1872 President Grant was nominated to run for a second term at the Republican Convention at Philadelphia in June 1872. Grant was renominated without opposition. -
Weather in 1873
In 1873 the weather began to get harsh for cattle driving. Because of the harsh. -
Cattle Owners
By 1874 and the decade following, it was a prosperous era for the cattle owners. -
1874 and 1873 Supreme Court
1873 Depression of 1873 hits Supreme Court hears Slaughterhouse Cases1874 Democrats become majority party in House of Representatives -
Railroad
Between 1850 and 1876, when the practice was prohibited by the Constitution, individual cities and counties issued about $2.4 million in bonds to aid railroad construction. -
Weather problem
In 1876 people began to start getting very bad sick from the rain. About 1876 most northern cattle drives shifted westward from the Texas Road (or Chisholm Trail) to the Western (Dodge City or Ogallala) Trail. Because of the harsh cold and rain, and from the winds it was getting hard for them to drive. -
Republican James A. Garfield won the 1880 election
Republican James A. Garfield won the 1880 election and was assassinated the following year. His Vice-president, Chester A. Arthur, became president. -
Re-Election
Arthur didn't mount a serious bid for re-election because of failing health. (He died in 1886.) The battle to succeed him began a string of three straight elections between the same two major candidates. Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, won in 1884 but lost to Republican Benjamin Harrison in 1888.
