Slide 1 Slide 2 Ranching in the West: (449) –The earliest ranchers in the American West were Spaniards who imported cattle from Spain in the 1500s. –By the 1850s, Texans…

Slide 1 Chapter 13 Settling the West Slide 2 Miners Purposes for Western gold, silver, and copper: 1. Served industries in the East 2. Brought settlers West. Slide 3 Miners…

Slide 1 The Frontier Experience Ranching Slide 2 Cattle Drives Long before Texas was a state, Spanish settlers brought cattle from Spain to the region. Over the years, the…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Focus Questions What led to the cattle boom? What was life like for cowboys? What caused the decline of the Cattle Kingdom? Slide 3 The Cattle Boom The Spanish…

PowerPoint Presentation The spark that ignited the gold rush occurred in May 1848 when Sam Brannan, a storekeeper in Sutter's Creek, found a flake of gold. Ms. Wimmer…

The Cattle Kingdom and Farming the Great Plains The Cattle Kingdom and Farming the Great Plains Chapter 5 sections 3 and 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KlZuk5N2co&feature=related…

Slide 1 Modern US History Ch. 18, Section 1 Miners, Ranchers, and Railroads Slide 2 Mining Boom Brings Growth Prior to the Civil War most Americans saw the Great Plains and…