oklahamoa sooners
open range allowed ranchers to move their cattle from farm to farm even if it wasnt their and cows grazed. laws about fencing in land.
cattle industry boomed. wanted beef. railroads helped. demand for beef.
when people first settled dug in side of ravine or hills. few trees. soddies. made of sod. women work. chores. animal chores. dig wells. teachers. church. farming had droughts and floods. farmers debt more farm machiner became popular. bought more land. raids were a problem. NO TREES.
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