Texas Longhorn cattle have a hybrid global ancestry, according to a study by University of Texas at Austin researchers published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

These cattle drives lasted from about 1866 to 1890 when railroads expanded to almost all the cattle-producing areas and ended the need for the long drives to a railhead in the north.

Denver’s longhorn cattle drive isn’t the only livestock parade in the U.S. Catch cattle, sheep and horses in places like Ketchum, Idaho; Reno, Nev.; and Billings, Mont.

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Denver’s longhorn cattle drive isn’t the only livestock parade in the US Catch cattle, sheep and horses in places like Ketchum, Idaho; Reno, Nev.; and Billings, Mont.

The longhorns were a cross between feral Mexican cattle and the eastern breeds that early Texas settlers brought along with them as they staked out new ranches along the borderlands.

Mixing traditional longhorns with cattle breeds such as Angus and Hereford for show purposes began about 20 years ago, Barker said.