Cowboys History: The Cattle Kingdom from the 1860s through the 1880s became a dominant economic force in the West. Long cattle drives ended at railroad hubs that turned small communities into wild west boomtowns. Questions below:

1. What did ranchers do to indicate which cattle belonged to them?
2. What percentage of cowboys were African American?
3. Why did cowboys not drive herds as far as possible each day?
4. What invention brought the era of freeroaming herds to an end?
5. Why do you think cowboys became such a romanticized or mythical figure in American History?

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