Expansion
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Mountain Men
Mining, Farming
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Economy in Expansion
Signifigance of Gold Rush in Expansion
Miners
Exploitation Worthwhile for Americans
Railroads and Cattle
Cattle Industry Importance
Open Range, and Long Drive
Railroads to Cattle Industry
Cause of Demise of the Cattle Drive and Cowboys
New Railroads
Pros and Cons of Railroads
Transcontinental Railroad to Expansion
Historian Questions
Thinking Like a Historian
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M
any ranchers expanded into the northwest, where there were still large tracts of unsettled grassland. Texas cattle were herded north, into the
Rocky Mountain
west and the
Dakotas
.
Home
Mountain Men
Mining, Farming
Enviromental Problems
Gold Rush Impact
Economy in Expansion
Signifigance of Gold Rush in Expansion
Miners
Exploitation Worthwhile for Americans
Railroads and Cattle
Cattle Industry Importance
Open Range, and Long Drive
Railroads to Cattle Industry
Cause of Demise of the Cattle Drive and Cowboys
New Railroads
Pros and Cons of Railroads
Transcontinental Railroad to Expansion
Historian Questions
Thinking Like a Historian
Connections
BIbliography
Essay