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FRONTIER – unsettled or sparsely settled area of the country largely occupied by Native Americans
http://www.fs.fed.us/projects/lewisandclark/page4/images/great-plains.jpg
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GREAT PLAINS – area from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains
http://www.gpnps.org/great_plains_map_l.gif
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Mid 1800’s on the Great Plains there are basically no trees and 300,000 Native Americans
http://www.ranchvacation.net/images/sunset.jpg
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Railroads bring settlement to the frontier – supplies, people, etc.
http://www.wsrhs.org/pict/rcaww.jpg
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Silver and gold are found in Colorado and Nevada in 1859
http://www.nevadamining.org/about/images/miners.jpg
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The COMSTOCK LODE found in western Nevada produces over $300,000,000 worth of gold and silver between 1859 and 1880
http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/spphotos&CISOPTR=23
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http://www.historicmapsrestored.com/Mining/nevada/gold-silver.html
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Gold found in Black Hills of South Dakota in 1874
Gold found in Cripple Creek, Colorado in 1891
http://www.dakotamatrix.com/images/home/643MINERS.JPG
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http://www.homestaketour.com/gallery-8.html
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1896 gold was found in Yukon Territory in Canada
http://www.dawsoncity.ca/uploads/2B/3Q/2B3QuTdJlJ4FBkRF-owmuA/a016944.jpg
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Raising cattle in the west was limited to only local buyers
Could not get the cattle to larger cities for sale to masses
http://www.cscattle.com/images/ranch_history/history3.jpg
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Ranchers start “driving” cattle to railroad towns – Abilene, Kansas
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/Western_art/Roundup.jpg
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LONG DRIVES – moving cattle from the ranch to the railroad towns for transportation
http://www.gallerym.com/images/work/big/birnbach_allen_cattle_drive_32_L.jpg
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http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/1483/1518969/DIVI350.jpg
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West becomes known as the “Wild West” where people take the law into their own hands
http://proxima.library.pitt.edu/libraries/is/enroom/images/wild_nerve.jpg
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People protect each other with VIGILANTES – groups of people who take the law into their own hands
People are usually punished without a trial
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-oldwest/OldWestHanging-275.jpg
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Railroads expand to more towns and soon there is no more need for the “Long Drives”
http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/about/musviews/fbullart.jpg
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