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Why did ranchers drive their cattle from Texas to Kansas?

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The Chisholm Trail was not the longest cattle trail but probably became the most famous because of the song “The Old Chisholm Trail”: ... Cattle drives from Texas started as early as 1836 with some ranchers using this method to get their cattle to railheads so they could sell them for beef, hides and tallow.

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because we had lots of longhorn and the rest of the country wanted beef.

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