We watched a great documentary that coincided with Section 3 of Chapter 17 in our text. We learned the following terminology: open range, cattle drive, vaquero, and cattle kingdom. We learned that in Texas after the Civil War, longhorn cattle were plenty and worth only about $8 or $40 per head by today's standard. However, they were worth more in the east at about $38 or $775 per head, by today's standard, if the ranchers could get them east. There was a supply and a demand for beef, so the cattle drives were necessary. The great cattle drives began and followed the historic Goodnight-Loving, Chisholm, Western, and Shawnee Trails from Texas to the railroads. The cattle industry helped to restore the Texas economy. The cattle drive was long, hard, and dangerous. Cam may want to include this in his narrative.