Today we are listening and taking notes on presentations today.
5-2
Closing the Frontier
Henry Washburn and nathaniel langford asked congress to protect the wilderness from the settlement
1870 washburn discovered northern wyomings geysers and springs
1872 goverment created yellowstone to protect the wilderness and to probide human recreation and enjoyment
1879-department of interior forved railroads to give up their western landholdings
landholdings were in equal to the area of new york, new jersey,, pensylvania, delaware, maryland, and virginia combined
1890 the census bureau claimed that the frontier didnt exsist
this scared people because the nation was always aimed on expanding and they now hadno where to expand to
many of the records from the cenus were burned in a firse in the building
Technical support for farmers
it was hard for farmers to create their homesteads
during the 18002 and 19002 many machines were made to help the farmers with farming
1837 john deere-steel plow
1841-Griand Drill
1847-Cyruas McCormck
1869-jSprping tooth harrow
1830 it took 183 mins to produce a whole bushel of grain
1900 it took 10 mins to produce a whole bushel of grain
1980-900 manufacturers of farm equipment
Farmers in Debt
machinery was expensive
19702-railroads companies created bonanza farms, enormous single crop spreads of 15,00-50000 acres
main things grown and harvested on bonanza farms was wheat
bonanza farms were easy to do because of the cheap abundant land and the railroad systems
1885-1890 the plains experienced droughts
1900-farmers had about 150 acres of land
after the drought the bonanza farms went bankrup
after bonanza farming the railroads started charging western farmers more than the easter farmers and charged more for short hauls
instead of being charged alot for short hauls they grew as many crops as possible forcing them into debgt farther.
( 5-2 justice katy and austin fred)
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