Asked by xochitl
Why did cattle owners have to buy private property on which to keep their cattle?
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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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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.
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.
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