Groups representing the historic American cattle drives have pledged to work together to promote the valuable role of the cattle drives in the history of the Old West. On Nov. 1, in Dodge City, Kansas ...

Long before ranches and homesteads existed on the frontier, cowboys drove longhorns and horses all the way from Matamoros, Mexico, to open-ranges in the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana Dakota territories ...

SPEARFISH, S.D. -- Spring and summer are perfect seasons to learn more about the region's agricultural heritage. One of the best places to learn the "western" traditions is at the High Plains Western ...

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Kansas City?! My ancestors were cattle people. Cattle were driven East (you know, to where the majority of people lived and live). Is this just a case of European ignorance about American history ...

ENID, Oklahoma -- Before there were highways, interstates and turnpikes there were trails, and not just any trails. Huge cattle trails stretched right through the center of Oklahoma that carried ...

It was 1867 in post-Civil War Texas; the economy was in a major recession following the war and Texas was cattle rich, but poor in marketing opportunities as the railroads had not yet reached the ...

Cattle bosses on the Great Western Trail were dreamers, and the rangy longhorns they drove from Texas through here on the way to Kansas and Nebraska, fetched fortunes, but they probably never imagined ...

Rolling green hills, especially vibrant after recent rains, greet visitors on the Eucalyptus Loop Trail in Chino Hills.

The Great Western Cattle Trail was used during the late 19th century for movement of cattle and horses to markets in eastern and northern states. North Dakota Great Western Trail Chair Darrell Dorgan ...