USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Modern-day examples of resource-generated boomtowns include Fort McMurray in Canada, as the extraction of nearby oilsands requires a vast number of workers, and Johannesburg in South Africa, based on the gold and diamond trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bodie, California, is perhaps the most popular Gold Rush ghost town in all of America. It is registered as a National and California Historic Landmark, and the former boomtown attracts about 200, 000 tourists annually. Bodie was a bustling boomtown from 1877 to 1882 with a population of more than 10, 000 people.

Detailed explanation-3: -: a town that experiences a sudden growth in business and population : a booming town.

Detailed explanation-4: -Old boomtowns of the west were built around mining sites. They started out as little camps with tents. As more and more people learned about the area that might have potential of making prospectors rich, more people came. With the increase of population came the increase of merchants and mining companies.