1. Cattlemen and Sheepherders

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3. Land Use: 1880s

4. New Agricultural Technology “Prairie Fan” Water Pump Steel Plow [“Sod Buster”]

5. Barbed Wire Joseph Glidden

6. The Farmers

7. Demand For Beef Demand for beef in the East rises A steer in Texas costs $4, in the North=$40 Cattle drivers would bring cattle to railroads to be shipped to meatpacking cities such as Chicago

8. Ranching As A Big Business Between 1882 and 1886 more than 400 cattle corporations sprang up in the West Most were backed by eastern U.S. and European investors

9. Frontier Settlements: 1870-1890

10. Homestead Act Gave applicant ownership of land at little to no cost Immigrants, farmers with no land, single women and former slaves could all apply Homesteader had to be – Head of household – At least 21 years old – Live on designated land – Build a home – Make improvements – Farm land for minimum for 5 years

11. Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 Far and Away Scene

13. Regional Population Distribution by Race: 1900

15. Black “Exoduster” Homesteader s

16. Blacks Moving West