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Settling on the Great Plains. The End of the Cattle Frontier = End of the Cowboy Why did it come to an end? 1 Overgrazing of land 2 Extended Bad Weather.

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1 Settling on the Great Plains

2 The End of the Cattle Frontier = End of the Cowboy Why did it come to an end? 1 Overgrazing of land 2 Extended Bad Weather 3 Barbed Wire 4Railroad Industry

3 Farmers Call the Plains Home Why? Railroad –By the 1880’s, four transcontinental railroads were built Homestead Act of 1862

4 Coping with the Elements Types of Homes Dugout Homes Sod Homes

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7 Helping Some Farmers “Get By” Government Help Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 and 1890 –Gave federal lands to states that promised to build agricultural colleges

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9 What Great Inventions! Barbed Wire Steel Plow New and improved Reaper Steel Windmill

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