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GCSE History · key term
A place where goods or livestock could be loaded onto trains, linking overland routes to the railway network.
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Paper 2
Revise: Ranching and Cattle IndustryNew railheads farther west, outside the quarantine zones, allowed cattle to be driven to a loading point and then transported by train to northern markets. The important connection was cattle trail → railhead → distant market: neither the trail nor the railway alone completed the journey.
Explain changes in cowboy work, not just their duties: ranches nearer railheads meant shorter drives and more work caring for cattle locally.
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