HIST 1005X Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sand Creek Massacre, Powder River Country, Bozeman Trail
1 Sep 2016
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The west as a storehouse of natural resources. Minerals gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, tin. Resources unlocked with aid from the federal government and eastern investments. (u. s army subdued indians. Federal aid and eastern investment to build the transcontinental railroads). Homestead act 1862, timber culture act (1873)- planting trees you could claim more land, desert lands act (1877)- if you irrigated the land you got more acres, timber and stone act (1878)- lands that were not suitable for ag. Could be set aside and evaluated by the government at min prices these that were unsuitable were sold to timber and mining companies. Dummy claims by companies, getting good land, fraud claims. Vast stretch of useless area that was not suitable for white settlement". As people began to settle this useless" land - 1 result: west began to be looked upon as a store house of natural resources. ^ wasn"t useless after all.
