Much of the Great Plains became open range, or rangeland where cattle roamed free, hosting ranching operations where anyone was theoretically free to run cattle. In the spring and fall, ranchers held roundups where their cowboys branded new calves, treated animals and sorted the cattle for sale. Such ranching began in Texas and gradually moved northward. In 1866-95, cowboys herded 10 million cattle north to rail heads such as Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Nebraska; from there, cattle were shipped eastward. COUNT 4
QSN1 what type of land is much of the great plans? ANS1 open range QSN2 when did ranchers usually have a cattle round up? ANS2 spring and fall QSN3 in a cattle round up, what did ranchers do to the new calves? ANS3 branded QSN4 from 1866-95 about how many cattle did cowboys herd? ANS4 10 million