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mining helped grow towns
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u.s government encouraged bison slaughter
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was a gang leader
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cased excitment over the u.s
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gave ownership of land
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replaced dangerous transportation
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invented by Lucien b. smith of Kent Ohio
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william r. cody opened buffalo bills wild west show in Ohmaha Nebraska
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Cattle Drives were the major economic activity in American West. 20 million cattle headed from Texas to Railheads in Kansas for shipments to stockyards in Chicago
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provide allotment of land and severalty to indians
