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Website
PBS

Pbs the West: Charles Goodnight

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) was one of the most prosperous cattleman of the American West. Read a thorough biography about him here at this site.
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Unit Plan
Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: High Falutin' Beef

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an impressive history of the introduction of beef to the Great Plains region complete with videos, photos, and lesson plans.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Join a Cattle Drive

For Students 3rd - 6th
At this site take a look at maps of cattle drives from the ranches and ranges of Texas to the market places in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.
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Handout
Other

Southwest Collection: The Texas Ranching Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the cattle drive era that occurred in the late 1800s. It gives details about the drives from Texas to the north.
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Handout
Ancestry

Ok Gen Web Project: The Chisholm Trail and the Overland Cattle Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the establishment and use of the Chisholm Trail for cattle drives in the mid- to late-1800s.