America's Historic Stockyards: Livestock Hotels

by J'Nell L. Pate

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875653049
• ISBN13: 9780875653044
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"