1. “The Wild West” Mr. Bach Hudson High School United States History

2. Surveying the West Federal government surveys the Louisiana Purchase. Divides territory into 8x8 plots to be sold.

3. Sodbusters! Farmers use the steel plow to till the prairie. Must fight harsh prairie winters to make a living.

4. Sooners (rather than later) Indian Territory (Oklahoma) opened to settlement by the Homestead Act. Oklahoma Land Rush

5. Cattle Kingdoms Soil unsuitable for farming instead is used for grazing. Texas Longhorns – breed developed that thrives on the open range.

6. End of the Open Range Barbed wire allows farmers and ranchers to mark off their respective lands

7. Mining Towns Discovery of gold and silver deposits in the West lures fortune seekers.

8. Boom Town to Ghost Town

9. Making $ from the Miners Services that arose to support the miners became very profitable and led to more permanent communities. –San Francisco

10. The Dime Novels

11. The Real West Wild Bill Hickock Calamity Jane