Closing of the Texas Frontier

What does vaquero mean?

• Spanish man
• Cowboy
• Indian
• Farmer

How did railroads impact Texas industry and agriculture?

• Allowed for people to be transported to Beaches

• Allowed for goods to be transported to markets

Why was ranching more popular than farming in West Texas?

• Lack of cattle
• Lack of people
• Lack of cities
• Lack of water resources

Who created the Texas Railroad commission to protect Texans from the railroad business

• James Hogg
• Quanah Parker

Who was Quanah Parker? 

• The last chief of the Comanches
• Was captured by Comanches
• An orphan

What happened to the American Indian tribes after the Frontier Wars?

• Stayed in Texas
• Were captured
• Relocated to reservations

Which factors contributed to the settlement of the Texas frontier?

• New play Stations

• Demand for Water

• Demand for Pigs

• Railroad and demand for beef

What caused the range wars?

• Cattle Drives
• Fencing in land with barbed wire
• Crops
• Indians

Why were windmills important for farmers and ranchers in West Texas?

• Electricity
• Irrigation

How did the geography of TX change with the introduction of the railroad?

• New cities along rail stations
• New cities were built away from rail stations
• Cattle drives increased
• There was more electricity