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Historical review of cattle type
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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 371560" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>"The major cattle trail was the Atascosito/Opelousas Road, an east-west Indian trail in Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas. An alternate route, the Old Beef Road, crossed through the northern portions of Jasper and Newton Counties on its way to Louisiana. The cattle drive was an arduous undertaking, but well worth the effort, as cattle sold in New Orleans for more than twice what they brought in Texas. Cattle were also transported to New Orleans via steamboat. In the 1880s, the railroad began to replace the dusty cattle trail as the primary means of transporting cattle to market in Louisiana. "</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 371560, member: 3162"] "The major cattle trail was the Atascosito/Opelousas Road, an east-west Indian trail in Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas. An alternate route, the Old Beef Road, crossed through the northern portions of Jasper and Newton Counties on its way to Louisiana. The cattle drive was an arduous undertaking, but well worth the effort, as cattle sold in New Orleans for more than twice what they brought in Texas. Cattle were also transported to New Orleans via steamboat. In the 1880s, the railroad began to replace the dusty cattle trail as the primary means of transporting cattle to market in Louisiana. " [/QUOTE]
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