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1 -no boundaries to man or cattle
Open Range -Great Plains area -no boundaries to man or cattle -low population

2 Cattle Kingdom -greater urban populations demanded more food- ranching from TX to KA becomes BIG business -cattle drives to meet railroads up North= Birth of the Cowboy Chisholm Trail Abilene KS

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4 Chisholm Trail-Abilene KS
Cattle Kingdom Chisholm Trail-Abilene KS (drive cattle up to KS, from TX- ship them on a RR to NY or Chicago -legend of the cowboy Mexican Influences (Spanish Ranchers) -25% AA Romanticized as fighting villains 10-14hr workday Young as 15, broken down by 40 Long drives: 3mnths 1 cowboy for every head of cattle 1 cook 1 wrangler Very lonely

5 -drought (dry summers & harsh winters wiped out whole herds of cattle)
Cattle’s Decline -too many cattle -disease -drought (dry summers & harsh winters wiped out whole herds of cattle) -barbed wire fences blocked open range Joseph F. Glidden Range wars

6 -Ghost Towns: BOOM to BUST
Mining Towns -Gold Rushes California, 1849 Black Hills, SD Comstock Lode Henry Comstock - Found Blue-Gray Sticky Mud= Pure Silver Ore -Birth of VA, City overnight pg- 419 Alaska- Gold -Ghost Towns: BOOM to BUST - 1889: ND, SD & Montana all become new states

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8 Mining Towns -Gold Rushes California, 1849 Black Hills Comstock Lode Alaska -Ghost Towns

9 Mining Life -large mix of people -many opportunities for everyone -saloons, gambling -hard luck Virginia City, NV - Overnight becomes a Boom Town - 30,000 people Rising room Fashions from Europe Then a ghost town

10 “Wild West” -legend of adventure Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane Wyatt Earp Jesse James Billy the Kid -dime novels that told western tales- not true, frowned upon by parents -only lasted about 30 years

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