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RE: What The Cowboys Did After The Cattle Drives Ended

in #history7 years ago

Hi @janton. Another interesting piece.Look forward to the Range wars now. I can understand the ranch owners fencing off their land to keep their own livestock in it and secure. Was there a lot of cattle theft in those days because you could intentionally trap cattle that doesn't belong to you in your perimeter fencing.

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thank you cryptoandcoffee..I don't think cattle theft was a big business but then I haven't seen any numbers on it, I don't think they kept much in the way of records back then so some things are a little murky.