HIST 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Missouri Pacific Railroad, Great American Desert, Cheyenne, Wyoming
16 May 2016
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1890- us passes great britain in the production of iron and steel. Chapter 16: the american west: the great plains. The great plains region was formed 60 million years ago by an ocean flowing over the rockies from the sea covering north america. The great plains aka the great american desert. Grass, the only vegetation that survived the climate, held loose soil in place sustained a rich wildlife dominated by grazing antelope and buffalo. 6 linguistic groups and at least 30 tribes lived on the great plains at the mid- nineteenth centuries. Smallpox and measles introduced by europeans ravaged the settled tribes. Hunting tribes were more dispersed and less affected by diseases: the sioux. Originally the sioux had been eastern prairie people occupying settlements in the lake region of northern minnesota. Lack of fish and game pushes indian tribes westward and around 1760, began to cross the missouri river.
