Texas Frontier Vocabulary

Gathering of livestock for cattle drives usually held in a pen

• roundup

• cattle trail

• open range

• cattle drive

Ranches where cattle were raised before being taken to market by cattle drives

• open range

• cattle drive

• chuck wagon

• cattle ranch

Name given to African American soldiers serving on the frontier.

• James Hogg

• West Texas

• Buffalo Soldier

• Sam Houston

Cattle that run out of control on a cattle drive

• cattle trail

• open range

• cattle ranch

• Stampede

Created to keep cattle fenced in using barbs and ended the Open Range era. Invented by Joseph Glidden

• hot wire fence

• gate

• Barbed wire fence

• cedar fence

Paths taken by cattle drivers to get cattle to certain railroad towns to the North.

• Cattle Brand

• Cattle Drive

• Cattle Ranch

• Cattle Trail

Covered wagon that carried cooking supplies on the cattle trail

• Red Wagon

• Wagon Train

• Chuck Wagon

• Station wagon

Open cattle ranching without fences

• Open Range

• Cattle Trail

• Cattle Drive

• Cattle Trail

What term describes the large-scale movement of cattle across the Texas frontier to railheads in the north?

• A) Cattle Drive

• B) Cattle Ranch

• C) Cattle Trail

• D) Cattle Roundup

What was the primary purpose of a 'chuck wagon' on the Texas frontier?

• A) Transporting cattle

• B) Carrying cooking supplies

• C) Housing cowboys

• D) Storing weapons