Asked by IGotYa
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 homesteaders fenced land (and railroads expanded), the open range was divided and grazable public land disappeared, so ranchers had to buy private pasture.
As homesteaders fenced land (and railroads expanded), the open range was divided and grazable public land disappeared, so ranchers had to buy private pasture.
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