Railroads and Ranches - The Great Plains

Railroads and Ranches - The Great Plains
22 slide powerpoint on the effect of railroads and ranches on the great Plains.

Why did the USA need railroads
Transcontinental Railway construction
Map of land grants accompanying railroads - associated task and map
Images of railroad construction
Completion of the Transcontinental Railway
Map work - the transcontinental railway
Facts about the transcontinental railway
Map of how transcontinental fitted with existing rail lines
Railways in the USA by 1890
Link between railways and population growth - task
Effects of the railroads
Effects on buffalo of the railroads
The cattle business - Texas Longhorns
Cattle drives
Cattle and money
Cow towns
Images of cattle drives
Ranches