Old Yeller & The Wild West

1. Describe a cattle drive in 1860

• Read the Cattle Drive section on this page from Ducksters
• Cattle Drives article By Walter Eskridge

2. How far is Houston, TX from Abilene, Kansas?

• Google map of route from Houston to Abilene

3. What kinds of food were eaten on the Texas frontier in the 1860s?

• Cowboy Cooking
• Chronicle of the Old West - Chuckwagon

4. How did people who lived in Texas in the 1860s get their food?

• Food on the Frontier - PBS Frontier House

5. What were some of the dangers that existed living in Texas?

• What dangers did the pioneers face...?

6. What was life like for Children in the Wild West?

• Daily Life on the Frontier - Ducksters
• 19th century living in West Texas: 1860s and 1870s - Texans United

7. What was medicine and health care like?

• Health and Medicine - Texas Historical Association
• The Wild, Wild Doctoring in the Wild, Wild West - NY Times book review

8.. What was the legal system like?

• Texas Rangers

More resources:

National Cowboy & Western Museum

Visit a Texas Ranch House

• Lead a Cattle Drive Game/Activity