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Why did the Western Trail become the major route for driving cattle north by about 1876?

Why did the Western Trail become the major route for driving cattle north by about 1876?
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Why did the Western Trail become the major route for driving cattle north by about 1876?

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More profitable

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Although rail lines were built in Texas, the cattle drives north continued because Texas rail prices made it more profitable to trail them north.

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