As someone who grew up in the endless plains of Texas ... s Great Plains “via those veins of rural byways that thread the farms, ranches, grasslands and plains towns and cities together ...

Paleo-Indians hunted mammoths and bison on the High Plains. The Texas State Historical ... searching for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. Texas joined the United States in 1845, and American ...

The western Great Plains became open range country hosting cattle ranching. In the spring and fall ranchers held roundups where the cowboys would brand new calves, treat them and sort them for sale.