OMs.O’s Ranch

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Ch 13 Vocabulary

• Desperados• Dragoons• Drovers• Enclosures• Extinction• Felony• Guerrilla

• Lariat• Mustangs• Quarantine• Remuda• Treaty• Vaqueros

Chapter 14

• Open Range• Internal

Improvements• Strike• Commercial

Agriculture

• Tenant Farmers• Interest• Irrigation• Depression• Cotton gin• Cottonseed Oil

Additional Vocabulary

• Corral• Buckaroo• Stampede• Mustangs• Broncos• Chaps

• Chuck Wagon/Cook:• Drag rider:• Flank rider:• Point rider:• Remuda:• Swing rider• Trail boss:• Wrangler:

Create Your Own Ranch Project

• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company – Create a Logo and Ranch sign.

• Decide where in Texas your company will be based• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Select a trail that you plan to use for your company• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Design a Brand• Keep a Journal of your trail drive• Read your chance cards and record the information as a

loss or profit Create your own brand• Write a Loan Request Letter• Decide whether or not to keep the Ranch open

Create Your Own Ranch Project• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks

like• Decide where in Texas your company will be based• Select a trail that you plan to use for your company• Design a Brand• Keep a Journal of your trail drive• Read your chance cards and record the information

as a loss or profit Create your own brand• Write a Loan Request Letter

Name RanchDesign Ranch Layout

1.) Each group will:– · Name Ranch – · Design Ranch Layout (later they will have other

assignments to work on together.)2.) Then they will need to design the layout of the

Ranch, must have at least 200 acres and not more then 5,000 acres what will they need to include

(House, corral, bunkhouse, bull pen, barn, crops, garden, small farm animals, pasture, water supply, etc......)

3. Number - of cows require average 1.5 acres4. Bulls – 1/25 cows (bull pen 1.5 acres per bull)5. Horses require 2 acres

garden

BULLPen

Corral

Small AnimalPens

Bunk house

Hen houseBarn

Create Your Own Ranch Project

• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Keep a Journal of your trail drive

• Decide where in Texas your company will be based

• Select a trail that you plan to use for your company• Select a trail that you plan to use for your company• Read your chance cards and record the information

as a loss or profit Create your own brand• Design a Brand• Write a Loan Request Letter

Cattle Drive• Pick a location in Southern Texas

Your ranch should be located in southern Texas.

Location and Trail• Decide where in Texas your company will be

based (in south western Texas).• This will determine which trail you will need to

use for your company.• After selecting you location and select a trail

that you plan to use: – You will need to create a trail map.– It must include the location of your Ranch, towns,

rivers (low spots), Natives, Jay Hawks quarantines, sheep herders, drought areas or flooding and a KEY

This map shows locations along the main route in Texas and the Indian Nations, and the major destinations in

Kansas.

Create Your Own Ranch Project

• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company• Decide where in Texas your company will be based• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Select a trail that you plan to use for your company• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Design a Brand• Keep a Journal of your trail drive• Read your chance cards and record the information

as a loss or profit Create your own brand• Write a Loan Request Letter• Decide whether or not to keep the Ranch open

Texas longhorns

• Texas longhorns were descendants of cattle brought over by the Spanish. The longhorns were left alone to survive in the wilds of northern Mexico and southern Texas while the men went away to fight each other in the Civil War. Nature converted the once domesticated animal into a lean and hardy breed, fully capable of defending itself against most predators with its long horns and sharp hooves.

Making a Living on the Frontier

Job Application

• Date late 1860’s to 1880• Your own name.• All information will be fiction appropriate to

this time frame.• No phone numbers leave blank.• School year appropriate to the time frame.• Work experience appropriate to the time

frame.

Create Your Own Ranch Project• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company• Decide where in Texas your company will be

based• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Select a trail that you plan to use for your

company• Keep a Journal of your trail drive• Read your chance cards and record the

information as a loss or profit• Create your own brand• Write a Loan Request Letter• Decide whether or not to keep the Ranch open

Cattle Drive Journal• You are a cowboy on a trail drive. You write in your journal at the end of

each day, if possible. You will be on the trail 100- 110 days. It should include the original round up, branding day, days from the trail, sale day and the end of the trail drive.

• Idea starters:– Describe the original round up.– Describe branding day (sights, sounds, smells, etc…..)– Days on the trail after you have already been on the trail for 20 days and have

faced many dangers and problems. You will enter 2 journal entries. One journal entry will be for day #21 and the other will be for day #31 on the trail.

•  Your journal entry for day #21 will need to include the following information: tell about your position on the trail drive (pointer, flank, or drag), how many cattle are on the drive, which trail you are traveling, where you started, and where you will end. Give details about the conditions along the trail.

• Your journal entry for day #31 will need to include the following information: tell about the food that you eat on the trail, describe a hazardous event you encountered (rustlers, hostile Native Americans, bad weather, etc.), describe and name the trail boss and the ramrod.

– You will be receiving two chance cards. These cards will describe events that happen along the trail and must be included in your journal.

– Sale day – the day you get the cattle to the market town and are able to sell the cattle. (The price will be given to you (it will be used as part of the profit and loss statement). This day should be described in the journal.

– The final day may be the day you return home or make other career decisions, looking toward the future.

Journal Entries (Pre-AP)• Your Journal will need a Cover. The cover and

put all the journal entries together. It should describe the daily activates of the cattle drive. Use details from the information we have learned. You will get fate opportunities.– Record at least 8-10 different days of your life including the start

and finish of your cattle drive, and the problems you encounter along the way on Day 2 - Day 4(list of predetermined problems and decide how you will deal with it). Each entry must be 7-10 paragraphs.

• EACH PERSON IN THE GROUP MUST WRITE AT LEAST TWO DAY OF THE JOURNAL!!!!

Journal EntriesJournals will include a cover and entries from at

least 7 days of your life as a cowboy. It should include the start and finish and the problems you

encounter along the way on Day 2 - Day 4(list of predetermined problems and decide how you will deal with it). Each entry must be 4-5 paragraphs. Use details from the information we have learned. It should describe the daily activates of the cattle drive. You will get fate opportunities.

Each of you will be responsible for at least one Journal entry. EACH PERSON IN THE GROUP MUST WRITE AT LEAST ONE DAY OF THE JOURNAL!!!!

Your Journal will need a Cover. The cover and put all the journal entries together.

Create Your Own Ranch Project• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company• Decide where in Texas your company will be

based• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Select a trail that you plan to use for your

company• Keep a Journal of your trail drive• Create your own brand • Read your chance cards and record the

information as a loss or profit• Write a Loan Request Letter• Decide whether or not to keep the Ranch open

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Brands

• Create your own brand.• Once you have it designed you will need

to describe it using branding lingo.• You will need it have it registered.

– You will each design a brand for your packet. One will be used for your partnership.

King Ranch

825,000 Acres in the Coastal Plains of South Texas

Running W Brand

Create Your Own Ranch Project• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like • Journal• Decide where in Texas your company will be based• Select a trail that you plan to use for your company,

and Create a trail Map• Read your chance cards and record the

information as a loss or profit• Profit and loss• Write a Loan Request Letter• Decide whether or not to keep the Ranch open

Create Your Own Ranch Project• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company• Decide where in Texas your company will be

based• Select a trail that you plan to use for your

company• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Design a Brand• Keep a Journal of your trail drive• Read your chance cards and record the

information as a loss or profit Create your own brand

• Write a Loan Request Letter• Decide whether or not to keep the Ranch open

April 15, 1874

Circle L RanchMagnolia, TX

Lone Star BankMagnolia, TX

Dear Lone Star Bank,

As a time depositor at the Lone Star Bank this letter is to request a loan. This year’s wild fires and draught have caused us to fall on hard times please consider out request.

The Circle L Ranch would like to request a $3,000 loan for the purchase of 1,000 cattle. Our plan is to purchase the cattle for $3,000 in Texas, and sell them for $30,000 in Kansas. Upon return we will pay the loan amount in full. Thank you for the opportunity for future business.

The Circle L Ranch has been in business for several years and is a part of the community. If we are able to secure the loan we will be able to continue our business and grow with the rest of the community.

Sincerely,

The Circle L Ranch Magnolia, Texas

Cattle 1000Horses 100Cowboys 10

CattlePurchase Price $3,000 ($3/head)Sale Price $30,000 ($30/head)

Cowboys Number Months Salary Payment 0 0 $25/month $0

Profit or Loss

Total Gained Total Cost $30,000 Total Purchased Total Expense $3,000Total Profit Net Profit /Loss $27,000

Profit and Loss Sheet

Create Your Own Ranch Project

• Select a name for your Ranch/Cattle Company• Decide where in Texas your company will be

based• Draw a sketch of what your ranch looks like• Select a trail that you plan to use for your

company• Read your chance cards and record the

information as a loss or profit• Decide whether or not to keep the Ranch open

Barb wire

How could a simple steel thread and some wooden posts change the open range and lead to warfare?  A smooth thread of steel had no effect, but when barbs were added to it, the open range in Texas came to an end.  In this activity, you will learn more about the history and development of barbed wire.

Barbwire Advertisement

• In your ranch group, you are to read the information on the history of barbed wire.  After you have read the information you will answer questions, cooperatively, on the website and print your answers.  Each ranch group will then work on a persuasive advertisement of your "own" barbed wire for your ranch.  Be sure to describe what the barbed wire looks like, how it helps farmers and ranchers, and what you will name it. 

Cattle Drive

Write a Tall taleWhat is the title? What is the setting? (Place and time) Who is the hero/heroine? Describe the qualities of the hero/heroine. Who are the other characters in the story?Describe the qualities of the other characters. What was the hardship to overcome in the story?

(Problem)How was the hardship solved? (Solution) What exaggerations are used in the story?