The Western Frontier A. Settlers B. The Mining Frontier C. The Indian Wars D. Cowboys E. Sodbusters F. Western Culture G. The Closing of the Frontier (1890)

Westward Expansion

Settlers of the West

EXODUSTERS

The Mining Frontier

Some Famous Mines Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849

Some Famous Mines Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849 Central City Colorado- 1859

Some Famous Mines Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849 Central City Colorado- 1859 Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev.- 1859

Some Famous Mines Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849 Central City Colorado- 1859 Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev.- 1859 Deadwood, S.D.- 1875

Some Famous Mines Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849 Central City Colorado- 1859 Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev.- 1859 Deadwood, S.D.- 1875 Cripple Creek, Colorado- 1891

Native Americans

Battle of the Little Big Horn-1874

General G.A. Custer

Sioux Chief Sitting Bull

Nez Perce Chief Joseph

Ghost Dance Uprising Started with the Ghost Dance- religious

ceremony Participants were supposed to be immune

to white men’s bullets Sitting Bull killed by Tribal Police 300 men, women, and children killed at the

Battle of Wounded Knee, S.D.- 1890

Cowboys

Wild West Cattle Round-up

Early Farmers on the Western Frontier

Western Culture The Code of the West- A desire to stand up

and fight when threatened or wronged

Western Culture The Code of the West- A desire to stand up

and fight when threatened or wronged Bodie, California- 44 shootouts in six years

Wild West Outlaws “Man- Eater” McGowan John Wesley Hardin Billy the Kid

The Closing of the Frontier 1890- No frontier left in the country

The Closing of the Frontier 1890- No frontier left in the country 1893- Frederick Jackson Turner: The

Frontier Thesis

The Closing of the Frontier 1890- No frontier left in the country 1893- Frederick Jackson Turner: The

Frontier Thesis The Frontier had been a safety valve and

had helped shape American National Character

The Closing of the Frontier 1890- No frontier left in the country 1893- Frederick Jackson Turner: The

Frontier Thesis The Frontier had been a safety valve and had

helped shape American National Character Fear that closed frontier would cause

problems