1. SETTLING THE WEST Settlement of the Great Plains, 1860 to 1890
Homestead Act of 1862
Great Plains Indians
Conflicts with Indians
U.S. Indian Policy
Treaties and Reservations
Dawes Act of Americanize Indians
Indian Wars to 1890
1890, Census Bureau reported Great Plains was settled
2. The Cowboy tradition
3. Mining Industry
3. Life on the Plains
4. Facts, myths and legends

2. The Wild West: Some elements of the frontier myths were true.
Facts,Myths & Legends
of the West
The Wild West: Some elements of the frontier myths were true.
Yet, many wild towns of the West calmed down fairly quickly or disappeared.
By the 1880s, the frontier had many churches and a variety of social groups.
Major theatrical productions toured growing western cities.
The East had come West.

4. the
GUNSLINGERS

5. The Traditional View of the West

6. “The weapons which won the West”
Colt .45 Revolver and the Winchester Repeating Rifle
God didn’t make men equal. Colonel Colt did!
“The weapons which won the West”

7. Legendary Gunslingers & Train Robbers
Jesse James
Billy the Kid

8. Dodge City Peace Commission, 1890

9. William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show

10. “Buffalo Bill” Cody & Sitting Bull

11. Legendary Female Western Characters
Calamity Jane
Annie Oakley

12. what were the
long-term effects
of the westward
experience?

13. The near extinction of the buffalo.
Destruction of the Buffalo Herds
The near extinction of the buffalo.

14. Yellowstone National Park First national park established in 1872.

15. With President Theodore Roosevelt
Conservation Movement
John Muir
With President Theodore Roosevelt

16. Sierra Club
Founded in 1892

17. Mt. Rushmore: Black Hills, SD

18. Crazy Horse Monument: Black Hills, SD