1 / 9

Western Settlement and Economic Development

Western Settlement and Economic Development. Transcontinental Railroads. Railroad Land Grants and Time Zones. Western Mining. Boom Towns to Ghost Towns. Mormon Migration to Salt Lake, Utah. The murder of Joseph Smith led t o the Mormon migration to Utah in the 1840s.

tola
Télécharger la présentation

Western Settlement and Economic Development

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Western Settlement and Economic Development

  2. Transcontinental Railroads

  3. Railroad Land Grants and Time Zones

  4. Western Mining

  5. Boom Towns to Ghost Towns

  6. Mormon Migration to Salt Lake, Utah The murder of Joseph Smith led to the Mormon migration to Utah in the 1840s.

  7. Cattle Industry, Cowboys and Ranching

  8. Barbed Wire, Homesteaders and the closing of the Open Range As farmers (homesteaders) moved into the plains, they began to string barbed wire fencing around their crops To protect them. This caused the Open range era of cattle driving to develop into large ranches and year round and the Age of the lonesome cowboy came to an end lasting about 20 years.

  9. Homesteaders

More Related