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Mining Centers Virginia City Comstock Lode

ProspectingProspecting

May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah “The Wedding of the Rails” Central Pacific and Union Pacific May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah “The Wedding of the Rails” Central Pacific and Union Pacific

Promontory, Utah

“The Big Four” Railroad Magnates Charles Crocker Mark Hopkins Leland Stanford Collis Huntington Financed the Central Pacific Hired Chinese men to do the labor They had to cut through the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Financed the Central Pacific Hired Chinese men to do the labor They had to cut through the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Long Drives Railheads Long Drives to Railheads Cattle shipped to slaughter houses. Rise of the beef and meatpacking industry. “Cowboy Culture”Development of the “Cowboy Culture” Cowboys and Cattle Drives

 Homestead Act was a law developed in 1862 by Congress to promote settlement of the Great Plains.  Age 21 and the head of the family could have 160 acres of land if they improved it in five years  Could buy it for a small amount of $$$  The US Government encouraged westward expansion and the Homestead Act allowed thousands of settlers to move west and start new lives.

Black Cowboys “ Exodusters” 100,000 Exodusters leave the South and get involved with the ranching industry in Texas and Oklahoma.

Allowed farmers to cut through dense, root-choked sod. Steel Plow

Reduced labor force needed for harvest. Allows farmers to maintain larger farms. Mechanized Reaper

Powers irrigation systems and pumps up ground water. Steel Windmill

Dry farmingDry farming Allows cultivation of arid (dry) land by using drought- resistant crops and various techniques to minimize evaporation. dry farmingJohn Griffin, a three-year homesteader says, "Yalls idea of dry farming has led me and me family through these three years that we been homesteading."

Barbed Wire Joseph Glidden

Barbed wire fenceBarbed wire fence was a lifesaver because of the lack of wood in the dry plains of America. Barbed wireBarbed wire also solved the problems between farmers and ranchers.