Gold Seekers
Colorado
Where is Pike's Peak?
Ghost towns
Deserted towns with empty buildings and silent streets.
To bring the gospel to people.
What was the purpose of the preachers, teachers, and missionaries going west?
The Homestead Act
The act signed by President Lincoln that helped open land in the West to settlers.
Lode
What is a rich source of precious metals called?
Pikes Peak or Bust
What did some people paint on their wagons?
Ezra Fisher
Who had been the pastor of Baptist churches in Vermont, Indiana, and Iowa before he went west.
They had to build a house, live on the land, and improve the land over 5 years.
What were the requirements for settlers to own land under the Homestead Act?
Nevada
Where was the Comstock Lode located?
The Black Hills belonged to the Sioux Indians. White Americans promised to stay off this land, the miners broke this promise.
What problem did the discovery of gold cause for the Sioux Indians.
30 years
How long did Ezra Fisher preach in Oregon and California?
Become farmers
How did most of the early homesteaders on the plains make their living?
Black Hills of South Dakota
Where was the richest lode of gold located?
More families came to live in them.
What helped the boomtowns become less rough and settle down?
Health, money. and food.
What were some of the needs that God met for Ezra Fisher?
Steel plow and reaper.
What were two inventions that were helpful to farmers?
A boomtown.
A town that grew quickly.
They wanted gold.
What kept some people in the West from turning to Christ?
corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs
What crops and animals did the prairie farmers raise?