mine, cattle, farm out west
Mining, cattle raising, and farming are the three key movements that allowed Americans to conquer and settle the land in the West. Mining, and the lure of instant wealth from finding gold, made people flock to the West seeking over-night riches. Cattle raising created local food supply, alternative jobs for failed miners, and reasons for extending the railroads out West (to transport the cattle). Farming set up a constant food source (as opposed to the fluctuating amounts of cattle), and homesteads in the West, thus forming the first permanent communities. These three factors developed the once vast and open territories of the West into townships and even further, into true states. Mining, cattle raising, and farming molded our Western front. The most important step in claiming and settling land is occupying it. Mining was the perfect bait to real in Easterners. Rumors about newfound gold such as Pike’s Peak and the Comstock Lode, whether true or not, gathered crowds by the hundreds all trying to get their piece of the pie. Gold mining gave hope to failed business men, freed blacks, young men, veterans from the Civil War, and others alike th
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