Asked by xochitl

Why did cattle owners have to buy private property on which to keep their cattle?

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Responses

They couldn’t graze their cattle on Native American reservations.

They couldn’t graze their cattle on Native American reservations.

Cattle in open-range herds got mixed together.

Cattle in open-range herds got mixed together.

Farms and the railroads carved up the open range.

Farms and the railroads carved up the open range.

Diseases often wiped out entire herds.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Farms and the railroads carved up the open range.

As settlers fenced land and railroads/settlements expanded, ranchers could no longer rely on open grazing and had to buy fenced property to keep and control their herds.