Settling the Old West: Miners, Cowboys, Homesteaders and the Plains Indians

The First Wave of Settlers, settled on the Atlantic Border of America to the Appalachian Mountains

The Settlers moved from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River

The Settlers traveled across the Great Plains to settle from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast

The Settlers started to settle in the Great plains which is the Rocky
Mountains to the Mississippi River

The California Gold Rush was one of the first mining outbreaks in America. Not only whites showed up to mine but thousands of Immigrants.

The Treaty would provide Indians with food, money, and supposedly reserve Indian land forever. The treaty did not end up lasting very long because of all the miners that moved onto the land known as Pike's Peak, Colorado where the Americans discovered more gold.

William McFarland built a Cafe next to Feeder Line that made its way into the heart of the city known today as Mcfarland.

The Homestead Act stated that farmers could farm 160 acres for 5
years, and the land would be theirs. 500,000 Americans became Homesteaders by the 1900's.

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific started building railroad from San Francisco, California to Odgen, Utah and met at the middle in 1869. Congress provided subsidies for the two companies giving them Finacial Aid and Land Grants.

Cowboys started using the first dedicated trails to drive cattle North, to sell cattle to the Northerners. By 1872, 1 million cattle had been driven up the trail.