Frontier Life

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Frontier Life
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Miners
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Cowhands
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Prospectors
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Loggers
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Longhorn Cattle
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Branding
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Chisholm Trail

• San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas.
• Went 10-15 miles every day.
• Took more than two months.
• Cowhands were in the saddle 18 hours a day.

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Stampede
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Saloon
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Barbed Wire
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Homestead Act

• Gave land to settlers
• Had to live on it for 5 years
• Got 160 acres
• Many people moved to the great plains because of
  this

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Problems for farmers

• Ground hard to plow

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Problems for Farmers

• Little rain
• Trees could only be found by the river

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Sod Houses
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Windmills Wells