Answers
Page 1 |
1540 |
Coronado explored southeast Colorado |
1776 |
United States obtained independence from |
Great Britain |
1821 |
Mexico won independence from Spain |
1832 |
Bent ' s Fort was built |
1851 |
Colorado ' s oldest permanent town of San Luis |
was established |
Page 2 On average , Mr . Hartsel paid $ 15 for each animal and sold them for $ 95 for a profit of $ 80 .
Page 3 la bandanna .............................. the bandanna los chaperreras . ............................... the chaps las espuelas .................................... the spurs la guitarra ..................................... the guitar el cinco ........................................ the cinch el laso ......................... the lasso or loop in a rope la rista or reata .......................... the lariat or rope el ranchero ................................... the rancher vaquero or charro ............................ the cowboy
Page 4 428 + 85 + 162 + 116 = 791 carloads 50,000 divided by 600 = 83 head of cattle
Page 6 If , on average , each wagon had 15 men , how many men did it take to round up the cattle ?
15 x 75 = 1,125
If each cowboy used six horses , how many horses did it take ? 1,125 x 6 = 6,750
About how many cattle did each person round up ? 200,000 / 1125 = 178
Page 7 |
1867 |
147,000 |
x |
$ 22.10 |
= |
$ 3,248,700 |
1870 |
271,000 |
x |
$ 25.20 |
= |
$ 6,829,200 |
1875 |
488,000 |
x |
$ 18.40 |
= |
$ 8,979,200 |
1880 |
809,000 |
x |
$ 14.30 |
= |
$ 11,568,700 |
1885 |
1,240,000 |
x |
$ 27.30 |
= |
$ 33,852,000 |
1900 |
1,223,000 |
x |
$ 28.30 |
= |
$ 34,610,900 |
1920 |
1,757,000 |
x |
$ 49.70 |
= |
$ 87,322,900 |
1930 |
1,465,000 |
x |
$ 50.90 |
= |
$ 74,568,500 |
1940 |
1,400,000 |
x |
$ 38.10 |
= |
$ 53,340,000 |
1950 |
1,800,000 |
x |
$ 125.00 |
= |
$ 225,000,000 |
1960 |
2,267,000 |
x |
$ 131.00 |
= |
$ 296,977,000 |
1970 |
3,212,000 |
x |
$ 170.00 |
= |
$ 546,040,000 |
1980 |
2,975,000 |
x |
$ 510.00 |
= |
$ 1,517,250,000 |
1990 |
2,800,000 |
x |
$ 620.00 |
= |
$ 1,736,000,000 |
2000 |
3,150,000 |
x |
$ 710.00 |
= |
$
2,236,500,000
|
The student answers may vary on the next two activities . Some of the reasons why value of cattle increase / decrease often have to do with supply and demand . If there is a large supply and little demand , like during the depression in the 30 ' s then prices drop . In the 1990 ' s , Japan became a major buyer of Colorado beef causing the price to increase .
Page 9 1 = Four Backslash Diamond 2 = Open A over Reverse S 3 = Lazy H Lazy T
Page 10 Coronado may have explored a corner of Colorado in 1540 .
Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821 . United States won its independence from Great Britain in 1776 . Colorado ' s oldest permanent town established in 1851 . Bent ' s Fort was built in 1832 . Colorado gold rush in 1859 . Goodnight-Loving Trail established in 1868 . Civil War started in 1861 . Civil War ends in 1865 . Began keeping statistics on number of cattle in Colorado in 1867 . Barbed wire invented in 1874 .