Chapter Sixteen: The Conquest of the Far West

1. Chapter Sixteen: The Conquest of the Far West

2. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • The Western Tribes • Plains Indians

3. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • The Western Tribes • Plains Indians • Indian Disadvantages

4. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • Hispanic New Mexico • Taos Indian Rebellion

5. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • Hispanic California and Texas • Anglo-American Onslaught

6. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • Hispanic California and Texas • Anglo-American Onslaught • Hispanics Oppressed

7. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • The Chinese Migration • Increasing Chinese Immigration A Chinese Family in San Francisco

8. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • The Chinese Migration • Increasing Chinese Immigration • Transcontinental Railroad

9. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • The Chinese Migration • Increasing Chinese Immigration • Transcontinental Railroad • “Chinatowns” Early Chinatown

10. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • The Chinese Migration • Increasing Chinese Immigration • Transcontinental Railroad • “Chinatowns” • Growing Gender Balance

11. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • Anti-Chinese Sentiments • Chinese Exclusion Act

12. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • Migration from the East • Homestead Act of 1862 Norwegian Settlers in 1890s(Library of Congress)

13. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Societies of the Far West • Migration from the East • Homestead Act of 1862 • New Western States

14. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Changing Western Economy • Labor in the West • Multiracial Working Class Immigrant Orange Pickers in Los Angeles(Library of Congress)

15. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Changing Western Economy • The Arrival of the Miners • Mining Booms San Francisco, 1852 (Library of Congress)

16. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Changing Western Economy • The Arrival of the Miners • Mining Booms • Comstock Lode Discovered Mining Towns, 1848-1863

17. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Changing Western Economy • The Arrival of the Miners • Mining Booms • Comstock Lode Discovered • Gender Disparity

18. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Changing Western Economy • The Cattle Kingdom • Mexican Roots The Cattle Kingdom c. 1866-1887

19. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Changing Western Economy • The Cattle Kingdom • Mexican Roots • “Range Wars” Cowboys on a “Long Drive”

20. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Changing Western Economy • The Cattle Kingdom • Mexican Roots • “Range Wars” • Decline of the Open-Range Industry

21. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Romance of the West • The Western Landscape and the Cowboy • “Rocky Mountain School” Panorama of Lake Chelan WA, 1908 (Library of Congress)

22. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Romance of the West • The Western Landscape and the Cowboy • “Rocky Mountain School” • Cowboys Mythologized

23. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Romance of the West • The Idea of the Frontier • Romantic Image of the Frontier

24. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Romance of the West • The Idea of the Frontier • Romantic Image of the Frontier • Frederick Jackson Turner “The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession and the advance of settlement westward, explain American Development.” Frederick Jackson Turner

25. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Romance of the West • The Idea of the Frontier • Romantic Image of the Frontier • Frederick Jackson Turner • “Passing of the Frontier”

26. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • White Tribal Policies • “Concentration” Policy

27. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • White Tribal Policies • “Concentration” Policy • Buffalo Herds Decimated Hunting Bison on the Plains(Library of Congress)

28. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • The Indian Wars • Growing Indian Resistance Chief Little Crow 1851 (Library of Congress)

29. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • The Indian Wars • Growing Indian Resistance • Sand Creek Massacre

30. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • The Indian Wars • Growing Indian Resistance • Sand Creek Massacre • “Indian Hunting”

31. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • The Indian Wars • Growing Indian Resistance • Sand Creek Massacre • “Indian Hunting” • Custer Defeated

32. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • The Indian Wars • Growing Indian Resistance • Sand Creek Massacre • “Indian Hunting” • Custer Defeated • Chief Joseph “I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk.” - Chief Joseph

33. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • The Indian Wars • Growing Indian Resistance • Sand Creek Massacre • “Indian Hunting” • Custer Defeated • Chief Joseph • “Ghost Dance”

34. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • The Indian Wars • Growing Indian Resistance • Sand Creek Massacre • “Indian Hunting” • Custer Defeated • Chief Joseph • “Ghost Dance” • Wounded Knee Massacre

35. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Dispersal of the Tribes • The Dawes Act • Assimilation Promoted

36. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer • From Boom to Bust

37. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer • Farming on the Plains • Cheap Rail Rates

38. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer • Farming on the Plains • Cheap Rail Rates • Scarce Water

39. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer • Farming on the Plains • Cheap Rail Rates • Scarce Water • Reverse Migration

40. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer • Commercial Agriculture • Overproduction

41. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer • The Farmers’ Grievances • Grievances Against Railroads

42. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer • The Farmers’ Grievances • Grievances Against Railroads • Belief in Conspiracy

43. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer • The Agrarian Malaise • Isolation and Obsolescence

44. Chapter Sixteen:The Conquest of the Far West • Debating the Past: The “Frontier” and the West