TEKS Expectation 7.6B
7.6B
Identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the development of the cattle industry from its Spanish beginnings and the cowboy way of life.
Belongs to Statement 7.6: The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century.
Teach this expectation using entries from our Handbook
Our Handbook entries are written by volunteer historians and professionals, reviewed by TSHA staff, vetted by scholars, and approved by the TSHA Chief Historian.
Development of the Cattle Industry
- Longhorn Cattle
- King Ranch
- JA Ranch
- XIT Ranch
- Cattle Brands
- Cattle Trailing
- Texas Fever
- Goodnight-Loving Trail
- Loving, Oliver
- Goodnight, Charles
- Chisholm Trail
- Williams, Elizabeth Ellen Johnson [Lizzie]
- Calvillo, Maria del Carmen
- Black Cowboys
- Roberts, Daniel Webster
- Wallace, Daniel Webster
- Ikard, Bose
- Western Trail
- Barbed Wire
- Fence Cutting
