The coming of the railroads in Kansas inspired a chapter of nineteenth century history that, perhaps more than any other, defines the west. The cattle business flourished on herds of Texas longhorns driven up legendary cattle trails to notorious cow towns and the Texas it’s where my story begins shirt. It makes a great premise for this post series. Over the next several weeks, we’ll follow those storied trails and visit the cow towns that grew up along Kansas’ rail lines. What better place to start than with this image taken at the Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock Texas.

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The following year, outbreak of the Civil War shifted demand for Texas beef east to feed Confederate forces. With Texas ranchers and cowmen pressed into military service, free range Texas cattle multiplied unchecked over the war years. By wars end, an oversupply of beef in Texas it’s where my story begins shirt, while mining, railroad building, military outposts and the need to feed reservation Indians impoverished by depletion of the buffalo herds all contributed to robust beef demand in the north.

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On their drive the following year Loving died of wounds suffered during a Comanche raid. Goodnight completed the drive, exhuming Loving’s remains on his return trip to fulfill his partner’s wish to be buried in Texas it’s where my story begins shirt. If that has a familiar ring to it, it should. Many believe the story inspired Larry McMurtry’s western classic, Lonesome Dove.