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Transformation of Livestock Industry on the Plains
Recap of the Llano Estacado as a premier summer grazing region, its high altitude and disease resistance, the rise of Amarillo as a cattle embarkation point, and the Santa Fe railway role in western livestock expansion. Includes personal reminiscence by Alice Ut and notes on regional settlement, land use, and rail ties to stock markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano Estacado
Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Alaskan
Upper West
Atelison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Southwest
Amarillo
Great Plains
Traylor Anderson
Frank Grice
San Antonio Express
Plains
Santa Fe
Ed Crator
Cap Rock
Charles Goodnight
Wage Carner
Western America
Cdd
Ariddle
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
George H. Nettleton
Stock Yards & Transit
Burlington
Sol Hopkins
Chicago Stock Yards
Union Stock Yards