Towns
This town was the supply point for mining areas in the Rocky Mountains.
What is Denver?
These were self-appointed law enforcers.
What were vigilance committees?
What was the frontier?
The army encouraged white hunters to kill this animal to force Native AMericans onto reservations.
What was buffalo?
These were cattle that roamed wild on the grasslands of Texas.
What was the longhorn?
This town was the destination for those using the Chisholm Trail.
What was Abilene?
After ore near the surface dwindled, mining corporations began this type of mining.
What is quartz?
This crop had an advantage on the Great Plains because it could withstand drought better than other crops.
What is wheat?
She was a writer who sparked discussion of better treatment for Native Americans.
Who was Helen Hunt Jackson?
This invention helped end the cowboy lifestyle.
What was barbed wire?
The boomtown of Leadville got its name from lead deposits that contained large amounts of this type of metal.
What is silver?
He was the prospector who staked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon.
Who was Henry Comstock?
This natural disaster was a hardship faced by settlers on the Great Plains. (not tornadoes or locusts)
What were prairie fires?
Before the Sand Creek Massacre, the Cheyenne had come to Camp Lyon to do this.
What is negotiate?
The fencing of the open range resulted in all of the following except
- the end of long cattle drives
- the transition of cowboys to ranch hands
- the replacement of longhorns with new breeds
- the decline of the cattle industry in favor of sheep
What is the decline of the cattle industry in favor of sheep ranching?
This town was the destination for the first cattle drive.
What was Sedalia?
People who used the phrase "Pikes Peak or Bust" were mining this type of metal.
What was gold?
The confrontation at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief's followers were doing this.
What is performing a ritual?
This was the journey across the Plains to bring cattle to railroad shipping centers.
What was the long drive?
The material for "dime novels" often came from these peoples exaggerated tales of daring.
Who were cowboys?