The American West

Mining Frontier

Cattleman's Frontier
      -Range Cattle Industry
      -Sedalia Trail
      -Chisolm Trail
      -Western Trail
      -"Cattle Barons"

Plains Indians
      -Reservations
      -Bison  (Buffalo)
      -Dawes Act  (1887)

Farmer's Frontier
      -Homestead Act  (1862)
      -Corn-Hog Cycle
      -Wheat
          -Machinery
      -Railroads
      -Credit  

    Mining Frontier
      & Cattle Trails

   Longhorn Cattle

       
  Indian Reservations                               Indian Buffalo Use

          Rainfall

Crops & tenancy, 1890