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jesse james 5 Sep 1847
Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber. -
Growth of new towns and cities to support cattle, mining, and farming industries23 Sep 1850
Because of mining, cattle ranching and farming increasing in the west this caused more towns to be made because more people were living there. -
Homestead Act of 1862 Sep 1862
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
Discoveries of large amounts of gold and silver 23 Sep 1879
Area surrounding Butte's present location remained uninhabited before gold was discovered in 1864 in Silver Bow Creek. -
Trans continentail railroad.
transcontinental railroad The rails of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" were joined on May 10, 1869, with the ceremonial driving of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah -
Wild West Shows
Were traveling vaudeville performances in the United States and Europe. The first and prototypical wild west show was Buffalo Bill's, formed in 1883 and lasting until 1913. -
Barbed Wire
Invented in 1874.Lucien B.Smith was named as one of the inventers.Barbed wire was made to secure property. -
Daws act of 1886
The Dawes Act of 1887 adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments. -
Shift from long drive to cattle ranching 23 Sep 1886
Cattle drives were a major economic activity in the American west, particularly between 1866 and 1886, when 20 million cattle were herded from Texas to railheads in Kansas for shipments to stockyards in Chicago and points east. -
Extinction of Buffalo in 1800s
As the populations of the United States pushed West in the early 1800’s, a lucrative trade for the fur, skin, and meat of the American Bison began in the great plains. Bison slaughter was further encouraged by the US government as a means of starving out or removing Native American populations that relied on the bison for food. Hunting of bison became so prevalent that travelers on trains in the Midwest would shoot bison during long-haul train trips.
