Describe the origins, purposes, and practices of the "long drive" and the "open range" cattle industry. What ended this brief but colorful boom? What was the long-run nature of the cattle business?

The cattle industry began in the far west and furnished the great plain areas with livestock. The cattle industry progressively lost its relevance because of the excessive westward expansion, resulting in competition for the industry. There was too much cattle, but not enough food and land to sustain such great populations of livestock.