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What was the west like for the miners, cattlemen, and homest

             Many Americans went to the west with high hopes of striking it rich.
             miners moving west they needed someone to help support them. The government decided that they needed some way to connect to the mines to bring mining supplies and food. This event lead to the expansion of the railroads. Others were in search of the free land that was given away with the Homestead Act of 1862. The Homstead Act brought many more to the west, which devastated many American cattlemen and ended the Cattle Kingdom.
             A miner's life was extremely difficult. A very few ever struck it rich and when.
             someone did strike it rich they lost most of their fortune quickly. Miners came from all .
             over,mainly parts of Europe and the eastern part of the United States. Since there were .
             many miners in one area there were booms in a few major cities. The presence of the.
             miners caused many problems; they polluted many clear mountains streams, cut down.
             forests and had little regard for the land they quarried. Foreign miners weren't treated.
             with much respect. Mobs drove Mexican miners from their claims and the Chinese .
             were heavily taxed and forced to work claims others had abandoned. The government .
             realized the miners had needs which had to be met. The miners required food and tools .
             to be delivered to the mines. Transportation was needed to move miners from mine .
             to mine. Thus began the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
             For the cattlemen life was great, but only in the beginning. The cattlemen .
             brought their cattle to the Cattle Kingdom which spread through Kanasas to Montana. .
             The Cattle Kingdom allowed the cattle to run wild, but water sources were scarce. .
             Sheep farmers let their sheep run free with cattle. The sheep cropped the grass so low .
             that the cattle could not reach it and had little to eat. Cattlemen fought with .
             sheepherders over the land. By 1900, half a million farmers moved west to the new .
             land (due to the Homestead Act of 1862) and barbed wire began to appear to protect .


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