Lone Star Flashcard 26 Review

Front

Vaqueros are ________________.

Back

cowboys

Front

Identification marks on livestock made by burning with a hot iron.

Back

brands

Front

Unfenced lands

Back

open range

Front

A Transcontinental railroad is a rail road that runs across the ______________.

Back

continent

Front

Located in South Texas it became one of the most important cattle operations in Texas which included more than a million acres of land.

Back

King Ranch

Front

White settler who was captured by the Comanches at the age of 10. Lived among the Comanches for 25 years, having a family of her own. She was later recaptured by the Texas Rangers, but always identified as a Comanche.

Back

Cynthia Ann Parker

Front

Son of Cynthia Ann Parker, and leader of the Comanches in the Texas Panhandle, when both the Texas and United States governments were trying to force many Indian groups onto reservations in the 1870s.

Back

Quanah Parker

Front

Holding pens for livestock headed to market for sale.

Back

stockyards

Front

The herding of large groups of cattle from the open range to market for sale.

Back

cattle drives

Front

Many cattle drives ended in cities north of Texas that had ______________ that connected to larger cities in the United States.

Back

railroads