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In 1868 a great number of cattle arrived in Kansas and the mid-west from Texas; appx. 40,000. With them came a tick born disease called "Spanish Fever". The local shorthorn breeds were seriously affected and in some towns the loss of the cattle was almost 100%. The result was a great predice against Texas cattle in Eastern Kansas and Missouri. [4]
In 1995, the Texas Legislature designated the Texas Longhorn as the state large mammal. [15] In the 21st century, Texas Longhorns from elite bloodlines can sell for $40,000 or more at auction. The record of $380,000 on March 18, 2017, was for a cow, 3S Danica, and heifer calf at side, during the Legacy XIII sale in Fort Worth, Texas. [16]
Shadow Jubilee for six years was the holder of the record for the longest measured horns of any Texas Longhorn cow, with a measured spread of 89.9375" tip to tip and 98.4375" total measured on Oct. 27, 2012. At 10 years old, she weighed 1236 lbs and currently lives on Shamrock Valley Ranch of Lapeer, Michigan owned by James and Barbara Steffler.
The Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America (TLBAA) is a North American organization of ranchers who participate in the breeding and husbandry of Texas Longhorn cattle. Based in Fort Worth , Texas , the organization was founded in 1964 to serve as a registry for the longhorn breed.
The Texas longhorn was originally driven overland to the railheads in Kansas; they were replaced with shorter-horned breeds after 1900. As early as 1836, [7] ranchers in Texas began to drive cattle along a "Beef Trail" to New Orleans. In the 1840s, cattle drives expanded northward into Missouri.
Longhorn cattle may refer to: English Longhorn , a traditional long-horned brown and white breed of cattle Texas Longhorn , a breed of cattle related to the cattle brought to Texas, California, and Florida by the Spanish
Tom Candy Ponting (August 26, 1824 - October 11, 1916) was an American rancher, farmer and cattle driver. [1] In 1853–1854, together with his business partner, Washington Malone, they were the first people to drive a herd of Texas Longhorn cattle from Texas to New York City, the longest cattle drive in American history.
As homesteaders moved west, the fear of Longhorns carrying Texas fever resulted in the Missouri legislature banning Texas cattle in 1855, forcing drovers north along the Kansas-Missouri border to Fort Scott. The 1866 drive was symptomatic of the continued obstacles drovers faced, including bandits and outlaws.