Facts about the wild west

1. Located on the Frontier to the Pacific coast.
2. As a cultural phenomenon, has existed since the beginning of the Civil War until 1890.
3. Dissatisfied with the way of European settlers moved west in Frontier which at the time were kind of no man's land.
4. Settlers moved in covered wagons pulled by horses. They gathered in dozens of caravans for security.
5. Since coming to power of President Abraham Lincoln, immigrants could to buy land in the west for a purely symbolic price. He also proposed the idea of the creation of the transcontinental railroad.
6. In the first half of the 19th century, colonists had a war with the Mexicans for lands on the west of the Mississippi. As a result, in 1845 Texas, New Mexico and California were ceded to the United States.
7. Until 1886 there was a war with the Indians Apache, Navajo, Shaen and many others. Indians greatly underestimated the strength of the enemy so it is not united to protect and lost.
8. At the beginning of 1848, there are started the "Gold Rush". The gold which were found there made hundreds thousands of settlers to explore previously uninteresting parts of the region. In the first five years, the population had six time grew while gold was produced by 52 million dollars.
9. In addition to gold, in Texas and California were the grass. later was called "gold which grows from the earth". Grass grew up everywhere and easy to tolerate drought and frost. Cows were introduced by the Spanish years before and were more feral have been adapted to the conditions of the Wild West. They could smell the water for many miles, find food over their head, etc.
10. Then there were the cowboys who were engaged in catching them. They branded the cattle, making sure that they are not scattered and protected them of Indian and robbers while lead them on the sale. Consisting mainly of veterans of the Civil War who were looking for any job.