The American Vision: Chapter 4, Settling the West

The following is a selection of articles that will relate to information in Chapter 4. These are just starting points. For the curious, each article leads to additional articles. Occasionally, an article will be listed in more than one category. Previous Chapter Next Chapter

1. Section 1: Miners and Ranchers
   • Growth of the Mining Industry
     • Boomtowns
       • Comstock Lode
       • Vigilance Committees
     • Mining Leads to Statehood
       • South Dakota
       • Colorado
       • Nevada
       • Idaho
       • Wyatt Earp
   • Ranching and Cattle Drives
     • Long Drive Begins
       • Topeka, Kansas
       • Chisholm Trail
       • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
     • Ranching Becomes Big Business
       • Blizzards of 1886-1888
       • Barbed Wire
   • Settling the Hispanic Southwest
     • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
     • Gadsden Purchase
2. Section 2: Farming the Plains
   • The Beginnings of Settlement
     • Homestead Acts
     • Great Plains
   • The Wheat Belt
     • Cyrus McCormick
     • International Harvester
     • Cherokee Strip Land Rush of 1893
   • Native Americans
     • Sioux Wars
     • Red Cloud
     • Crazy Horse
     • Sitting Bull
   • Last Native American Wars
     • Battle of Little Bighorn
     • Wounded Knee Massacre
     • The Nez Perce War