Have you ever had an experience that you thought was negative but then turned out to be positive?
One thing that I thought was going to be negative, but turned out to be positive was an emergency trip down south to Tennessee. The reason I thought that it was going to be negative was because we had to get up at Four thirty in the morning, and was not going to a fun ride, I thought that there was going to be nothing to do, but I was ALL WRONG. On May 10th we had to pack our bags and head to Tennessee because my Great Aunt passed away, when my Dad woke me up at four thirty in the morning and got me going, ( I’m a walking zombie in the morning). When we headed out I wasn’t feeling the best and thought I was going to get sick half way there, so my Dad pulled into a rest stop and I got out and walked around a little and felt a little better, as the day went on and went through Ohio, Kentucky, and part of Tennessee I had gotten TONS of pictures of things that I haven’t seen since I was four Mountains, bridges, and wildlife. When my Dad and I got there it was a really cool place. Everything was different like the roads, business names, people accents, and foods. The roads where really windy, and they don’t have a Dunham’s they have and store named Hibbits. In Tennessee they don’t say “you all” they say “y’all”. Down south they have steak and potatoes, and they also don’t put straws in there pops and when they have to burp, they burp. When it was time to leave I was kind of upset because I really didn’t wasn’t to leave the scenery was BEAUTIFUL! And I didn't want to leave!
Question 1-What/Who were and are cowboys and ranchers?
Ranching- is the practice of raising big herds of animals onto large tracks of lands. Ranchers mostly raise Grazing animals like cattle, sheep, elk, bison, ostriches, emus and alpacas The ranching industry grew rapidly it grew more rapid than farming. Ranching is more common in temperate, dry areas such as South America and in the Western United States, “Prairie Provinces” of Canada and the Australian Outback. Cowboys- Cowboys are responsible for herding and maintaining the health of animals across the vast ranches. Cowboys often worked with horses to herd the big groups of cattle or sheep Herding, Round-Ups, Cattle Drives, and branding often symbolizes ranching and cowboy culture. A round up is one of the most difficult responsibilities for the ranchers and cowboys, animals often don’t want to be rounded up and herded into a small, confined area. A cattle drive is the massive effort to move a herd of cattle from one place to another. Branding is the process of permanently marking an animal to indicate ownership
Question 2- What were some of the cowboy rules?
There are many cowboys "rules" Some of the main rules for the cowboys are that 1.you can NEVER steal another man's horse, A horse theif pays with his life. 2.Look out for your own. 3.Remove your guns before sitting at the dining table. 4. Never order anything weaker than whisky. 5. A cowboy doesn't talk much; he saves his breath for breathing 6.Never try on another mans hat. And many more.
Question 3- Who was the most famous cowboy?
There wasn't just one famous cowboy but there were many, One tof the most famous western cowboys was Nat Loe he was more famous because he wrote his memoirs. Another early-day cowboy was Bose Ikard, he was more famous because he worked on cattle drives for a very long time.
Question 4- Did all of the cowboys and Ranchers come from the west?
Not all cowboys were from the west alot of the coyboys were former slaves who had worked there way over to the west most of the either came
fromTennessee,Missouri,Colorado,Kansas,Nebraska,Wyoming,Montana, Utah, Missippii,Texas, and Arkansas.
Question 5- Where the cowboys and ranchers wealthy or poor?
Cowboys were mostly in there twenties, and people who owned the ranches were mainly wealthy which they mostly hired the best of the best coyboys. Most of the cowboys were wealthy because the ranch owners paid the best cowboys with the best pay.
Have you ever had an experience that you thought was negative but then turned out to be positive?
One thing that I thought was going to be negative, but turned out to be positive was an emergency trip down south to Tennessee. The reason I thought that it was going to be negative was because we had to get up at Four thirty in the morning, and was not going to a fun ride, I thought that there was going to be nothing to do, but I was ALL WRONG. On May 10th we had to pack our bags and head to Tennessee because my Great Aunt passed away, when my Dad woke me up at four thirty in the morning and got me going, ( I’m a walking zombie in the morning). When we headed out I wasn’t feeling the best and thought I was going to get sick half way there, so my Dad pulled into a rest stop and I got out and walked around a little and felt a little better, as the day went on and went through Ohio, Kentucky, and part of Tennessee I had gotten TONS of pictures of things that I haven’t seen since I was four Mountains, bridges, and wildlife. When my Dad and I got there it was a really cool place. Everything was different like the roads, business names, people accents, and foods. The roads where really windy, and they don’t have a Dunham’s they have and store named Hibbits. In Tennessee they don’t say “you all” they say “y’all”. Down south they have steak and potatoes, and they also don’t put straws in there pops and when they have to burp, they burp. When it was time to leave I was kind of upset because I really didn’t wasn’t to leave the scenery was BEAUTIFUL! And I didn't want to leave!
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Online Citing
Online citing: http://www.otrd.state.ok.us/studentguide/cowboys.html
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Online Citing http://www.historyonthenet.com/American_West/cattle_industry.htm
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Book Cites
Cowboys of the Wild West, Freedman, Russell, Clarion Books, Ticknor & Fields 1985
History Alive!, Hart, Diane, Teachers Curriculum institute, Palo Alto, CA 2005
Once In the Saddle: The cowboy’s frontier, Seidman Ivan, Lawrence, New York: Facts on File, New York: Knopf, 1973
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