Pioneer Ranches (ETW-WC building)
| Pioneer Ranches | |
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| Category: | Farm |
| Level: | 2 |
| Turns to build: | 5 |
| Building cost: | 75 |
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 Pioneer Farms | |
Pioneers build ranches on land acquired from the tribe. This causes tensions as the Europeans take over large tracts of land for livestock.
Pioneers raise cattle and sheep, bringing a trade to their wild frontier by creating valuable sources of food and trade. The tribe sells land and gains capital that way, but the change to ranching destroys the tribe’s peace with the Spirits.
The Spanish introduced ranching to America. The word comes from the Spanish “rancho” or small farm. Americans first practiced open-range ranching: livestock was allowed to roam freely and was then rounded up. Branding was used to distinguish cattle ownership, but as settlers arrived on the Plains the livestock became a nuisance, leading to rustling and the fencing of ranch land. Ranching eventually spread right across North America, becoming the basis of the “Wild West”.