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Publication Date
2005-05-10
Pages
226
ISBN
9780875653044
Book Title
America's Historic Stockyards : Livestock Hotels
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2005
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Author
J'nell L. Pate
Genre
Technology & Engineering
Topic
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Agriculture / General
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
226 Pages

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Livestock markets for the sale and distribution of meat developed as early as the days of colonial America. In the mid-nineteenth century, as westward expansion increased and railroads developed, stockyard companies formed in order to meet the demand of a growing nation. Contrary to markets, these companies were centrally organized and managed by a select few principal partners. America's Historic Stockyards: Livestock Hotels is an examination of such stockyards, from their early beginnings to their eventual decline. Stockyards helped to establish some of America's greatest cities. Early on the scene were stockyards in cities such as Cincinnati, otherwise known as "Porkopolis," and meat stockyards and packing powerhouse Chicago, which was considered the number one livestock market in the nation. Markets soon opened in the Midwest and eventually expanded further westward to California and Oregon. Other smaller markets made large contributions to the industry. The cow towns of Fort Worth and Wichita never reached the status of Chicago but did have large livestock receipts. Fort Worth, for instance, became the largest horse and mule market in 1915, as World War I produced an increased demand for these animals. Meatpacking moguls known as the Big Four--Phillip Armour, Gustavus Swift, Nelson Morris, and Edward Cudahy--usually financed these growing markets, controlled the meatpacking business and, in turn, the stockyards companies. Although the members changed, this oligopoly remained intact for much of the duration of the stockyards industry. However, as railways gave way to highways, the markets declined and so too did these moguls. By the end of the twentieth century, almost every major market closed, bringing an end to the stockyard era. J'Nell Pate's examination of this era, the people, and the markets themselves recounts a significant part of the history of America's meat industry.

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Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
ISBN-10
0875653049
ISBN-13
9780875653044
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44473824

Product Key Features

Book Title
America's Historic Stockyards : Livestock Hotels
Number of Pages
226 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Agriculture / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering
Author
J'nell L. Pate
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2004-022004
Dewey Decimal
338.4/76360831
Lc Classification Number
Hd9433.U4p38 2005
Copyright Date
2005

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