A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Australian Cattle Dog
Features a short discussion of the Australian Cattle Dog while offering statistics and details on the breed's temperament and value as a pet.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: Cattle Drives After Civil War
Read the story of the birth and demise of the cattle drives in Texas after the Civil War as the country expanded westward.
American Kennel Club
American Kennel Club: Australian Cattle Dog
The American Kennel Club offers a detailed overview of the breed standards for the Australian Cattle Dog. Content includes a look at appearance, temperament, size, head, body, coat, and more.
Oregon Zoo
Oregon Zoo: Cattle Egret
Get to know the facts, behavior, and breeding habits of the cattle egret, a unique species of heron.
Texas Public Broadcasting
Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads 1850 1901
A brief overview of the era of cotton, cattle, and railroads in the late nineteenth century which was a time of huge economic growth for Texas.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Cattle Egret
Take a look at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior of the cattle egret.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Join a Cattle Drive
At this site take a look at maps of cattle drives from the ranches and ranges of Texas to the market places in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Domestic Cattle
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
Other
American Hereford Association
Everything one could want to know about Hereford cattle can be found at this site. Information on showing them, marketing them, breeding them, genetics, history, how-to videos, event listings, and lots more.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4 H Virtual Farm: Beef
Find answers to all kinds of questions about how cattle are raised on the beef farms of Virginia. Also learn about human uses of beef cattle for food, medicine, leather, and many other products.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Cattle Ranchers
Listen to the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Read about big horns, big ranches, and even bigger legends.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Foot and Mouth
In this Wide Angle video, learn about the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in Botswana.
Ancestry
Ok Gen Web Project: The Chisholm Trail and the Overland Cattle Trade
Description of the establishment and use of the Chisholm Trail for cattle drives in the mid- to late-1800s.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Cattle Ranching and Barbed Wire
This lesson plan has students creating fences to identify with the cattle ranching era.
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo: Cattle Egret
Discover fun facts and learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, behavior, and conservation status of the cattle egret.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The Great Cattle Trail
This ebook version of Edward Sylvester Ellis's The Great Cattle Trail has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Cattle Dealers by Anton Chekhov
Read the short story "The Cattle-Dealers" by Anton Chekhov.
Other
Southwest Collection: The Texas Ranching Frontier
Discusses the cattle drive era that occurred in the late 1800s. It gives details about the drives from Texas to the north.
Legends of America
Legends of America: The Goodnight Loving Trail
Named after Charles Goodnight, the Goodnight-Loving Trail spanned more than 2000 miles. Trace the history of the trail and the cattle drives that made their way across the dangerous territory in the 1800s.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Cattle Egret
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status are the topics delved into on this detailed site. In addition, you can hear the sounds of this species on this site.
Other
American Angus Association: Angus Education Center
Educational resources and information about Angus beef cattle can be found at this site. Information on how the American Angus Association functions, managing a herd, facts about Angus beef, cattle health, showmanship, and a great deal...
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: The Value of Ecotourism
For this lesson, students role-play as cattle ranchers. They explore traditional culture and predicted economic outcomes to determine if they will sell or keep their land. They learn how raising cattle, combined with ecotourism, can be...
Virginia Tech
Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4 H Virtual Farm: Dairy Farm
Find answers to all kinds of questions about how cattle are raised on the dairy farms of Virginia.
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
State Energy Conservation Office: Energy Sources: Biomass: Manure for Fuel
Texas is famous for its cattle ranches, and all those cattle produce a lot of manure. Texans are working on projects to harness the energy in manure in various ways. Dry manure has been and continues to be burned for heating and cooking....
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