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Title: Frontier Life


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Frontier Life
2
Miners
3
Cowhands
4
Prospectors
5
Loggers
6
Longhorn Cattle
7
Branding
8
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.

9
Stampede
10
Saloon
11
Barbed Wire
12
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

13
Problems for farmers
  • Ground hard to plow

14
Problems for Farmers
  • Little rain
  • Trees could only be found by the river

15
Sod Houses
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Windmills Wells
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