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extinction of buffalo in 1800s
As the populations of the United States pushed West in the early 1800’s, a lucrative trade for the fur, skin, and meat of the American Bison began in the great plains -
jesse james
Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri. -
growth of new towns and cities to support cattle, mining, and farming industries
Because of mining, cattle ranching and farming incresing in the west this caused more towns to be made because more people were living there. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
transcontinental railroad
The rails of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" were joined on May 10, 1869, with the ceremonial driving of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah -
Barbed Wire
1867 to Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio, who is regarded as the inventor. made to surround secure property. -
discoveries of large amounts of gold and silver
area surrounding Butte's present location remained uninhabited before gold was discovered in 1864 in Silver Bow Creek. -
Wild West Shows
Wild West Shows were like traveling carnival performances in the United States and Europe. The first and prototypical wild west show was Buffalo Bill's, -
shift from long drive to cattle ranching
Cattle drives were a major economic activity in the American west, particularly between 1866 and 1886, when 20 million cattle were herded from Texas to railheads in Kansas for shipments to stockyards in Chicago and points east. -
Dawes Act of 1886
The Dawes Act of 1887 adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
