BR: 3/30/17 Share an excerpt from your 1890s: Changing Times letter!

Ch. 10.4 The Territory Prospers Mining, Indian Farms & the Wild West Utah Studies Ch. 10.4 The Territory Prospers Mining, Indian Farms & the Wild West

More Mining! While many Mormons were doing other activities, like ranching, farming, manufacturing, etc., mining was still big business in the territory. It was during this period that the Tintic Mining District flourished, nearby Eureka, UT. Other towns that arose included Frisco, UT and Silver Reef, down South near Leeds, UT. Both of these last two towns became ghost towns when the ore ran out. Meanwhile, coal became a hot mining commodity during the late 1800s. Helper, UT, nearby Price became a prominent area for coal mining, as did much of Carbon County, named because of the coal. Many of the towns there today were founded during this period, like Castle Dale, Huntington, Orangeville, etc. While many were Mormons called to settle the area, many of them also worked in the mines, especially in the winter. VID Silver Kings & A Queen

Indian Farms & Reservations As mentioned before, the Native Americans living in the area continued to be marginalized or treated as inferior by the locals and the U.S. government. The early farms that Mormons had tried to encourage the Indians to settle were the first forms of reservations that would soon house the remaining natives. Several reservations were created during this time, including the Uintah-Ouray Reservation, which had originally been rejected by the U.S. Congress, as well as the Navajo Reservation in 1884. Some smaller ones were created by 1900, as the map shows (see handout also):

Buffalo Soldiers & Butch Cassidy “Buffalo” or Black Soldiers came in large numbers to Utah in the 1880s, working at Fort Douglas, and then later Fort Duchesne in Eastern Utah. They guarded railroad lines, settled disputes between natives and settlers, and enforced the will of the Federal government. They were nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers because in part their thick, curly hair reminded the Native Americans in Eastern Utah (& elsewhere) of buffalo fur. VID In many ways, Utah wasn’t much like the Wild West of legend. In other ways it was. Butch Cassidy, the son of Mormon immigrants to Utah, was one of the people who gave the Wild West its mystique. Who Robbed the Train? / Peer Review for Letters!

Charrette Protocol* (5 min) Presentation (2 minutes): Presenter presents their letter to another person. The other person listens (don’t interrupt; you’ll get a chance to respond. Take notes as they talk). If you run out of things to say, sit silently. You might be inspired to add something! Framing Question (30 seconds): Presenter asks a specific question or two to help structure the feedback from the listener. Example: “What could I explain better…?” or “What things might you be confused about…?” Feedback (1 min, 30 seconds): Listener gives suggestions. Presenter listens, take notes (listen quietly! No Interrupting!) Note: keep feedback helpful, specific, and kind Open Discussion (1 minute): Presenter and listener have a dialogue about the suggestions / feedback (then…we swap!) *Note: Each section will be timed, and we ALL change together.

Reminders: Use the feedback you got, and improve your letter for Tuesday, April 11th. We’ll share some in class, so be ready to present! Review your guided notes and the reading from Ch. 10 “The Territory Prospers”. We’ll be having a test that same day!