1. Chapter 21: The Cattle Kingdom
Section 3: Ranches, Rangers, & Cowboys

2. Ranching in South Texas
• Cattle
Kingdom—
ranches on
the open
range from
Texas to
Canada
BEVO—it’s what’s
for dinner!

3. Ranching in South Texas
• King
Ranch—very
important
South
Texas ranch
King Ranch is located in
Kennedy County

4. Ranching in South Texas
• More than one million acres
at one time
• Presently 825,000 acres
• Larger than state of Rhode
Island

5. Ranching in South Texas
•The owners of King
Ranch donated land
for the towns of
Kingsville &
Raymondville

6. Ranches in the Panhandle
• Removal of
Indians opened up
Panhandle to
ranching
• Grass & flat open
land good for
cattle ranching
• Ogallala Aquifer
provided water

7. Ranches in the Panhandle
• Farming in
the
Panhandle
expanded
after the
appearance
of windmills.
Windmill

8. Ranches in the Panhandle
• John Adair &
Charles
Goodnight
established
the JA
Ranch in Palo
Duro Canyon
Charles Goodnight

9. Ranches in the Panhandle
• XIT Ranch—Panhandle ranch
bought for the cost of a new
state capitol in Austin

10. Ranches in the Panhandle
• Covered 3 million acres
• Almost the size of
Connecticut
• 150,000 cattle

11. Ranchers & Cowboys
• Bose
Ikard—
African
American
trail driver
& rancher
Bose Ikard

15. Cowboy Culture
•Cowboy Culture
popularized in America
by inexpensive novels
that glorified cowboy
life.

16. Cowboy Culture
• Myth: cowboys lived fearless,
happy, & worry free lives
roaming through rugged but
gorgeous landscapes
• Fact: faced many dangers,
worked long hours, and received
little pay