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Growth of new Towns and Cities to support Cattle, Mining, and Farming Industries
Mining encouraged the growth of new towns and cities because people new that the large amounts of gold would mean more money for the area. -
The extinction of Buffalos in the 1800's
In the migration of settlers to the west, fur skin and meat trade was a large demand in the plains, resulting in the slaughtering of hundreds of millions of Buffalo by the 1890's. -
The homestead act of 1862
The act encouraged western migration by settlers by offering 160 acres of public land. The settlers in return had to pay a small filng fee and had to live there for 5 continous years. -
Discoveries of large amounts of Gold and Silver
The area of present day Butte, California was an uninhabited peice of land that sits on a "Volcanic ring". Two prospecters then discovered the gold, and the area around it exploded with buisness. -
The shift from "Long drive" to "Cattle ranching
20 million cattle were herded from Texas to railheads in Kansas for shipments to places like Chicago and multiple points in the east. -
Barbed Wire
Barbed wire is a type of steel wire fencing made of sharp points or edges arranged in measured in lines. -
TransContinental Railroad
A continuos network of railroad that goes over a cotinental land mass with stops at certain points at different oceans or continental borders. -
Jesse James
James was an American bank robber, murderer, train robber, and gang leader in the state of Missouri, and managed to be the most famous member of the James-Younger gang. -
Wild West shows
The first typical wild west show was Buffalo Bill's starting in 1883 and ending in 1913. These shows romanticized the typical view of the west in the 1800's. -
The Dawes Act of 1887
The act authorized the American INdian tribal land to be divided into sections for individual Indians. The individuals who accepted the land grant lived seprate from the tribe and were granted Citizenship.
